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Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of the British surrealist movement and its achievements. The illustrated text provides a year-by-year narrative of the development of surrealism among artists, writers, critics and theorists in Britain.
Trade Review'the first dedicated history of the movement,' The Independent 'a sure-footed guide for the beginner and a treat for the connoisseur,' Times Metro 'Remy probably knows more about the subject than anyone now breathing...Surrealism in Britain is a book without obvious peer...an unusually handsome piece of bookmaking,' Financial Times 'an excellent guide to a previously underrated, but now recognised as revolutionary, period in British art history,' ARLIS News-sheet, No. 139 'Michel Remy is the leading authority on British Surrealism...Surrealism in Britain...is a substantial, well-researched history,' George Melly, Daily Telegraph 'Students of the Surreal will be delighted by Remy's book and due to the immensely fluid nature of British Surrealism (apparently encompassing Henry Moore and the Goons), connoisseurs of other British art movements will find much to illuminate and cross-fertilise their respective fields,' The Art Newspaper, No. 98
Table of ContentsExits and entrances; The entry of the mediums: the establishment of Surrealism in Britain 1932-6; Communicating vessels: formation and growth, 1936-7; Spirit levels, level spirits: the years of definition, 1938-40; The eye of the hurricane: the war years 1940-45; Watchman, what of the night?: the Free Unions years 1945-51; Postscript: the search for a fading prospect; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
