Robert Desnos, Surrealism, and the Marvelous in Everyday Life
Robert Desnos, Surrealism, and the Marvelous in Everyday Life In this critical biography of Robert Desnos (1900-1945), Katharine Conley reevaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works…
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Robert Desnos, Surrealism, and the Marvelous in Everyday Life
In this critical biography of Robert Desnos (1900-1945), Katharine Conley reevaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works of one of its founders. He stayed with the official surrealist movement in Paris for only six years but was pivotal during that time in shaping the surrealist notion of "transforming the world" through radical experiments with language and art. Desnos was as famous among the surrealists for his independence of mind as for his elaborate "automatic" drawings and his brilliant oral and written performances during the incubational period of the group.
Though no longer part of the official movement, he remained committed to his own version of popular surrealism: Desnosian surrealism and the search for the "marvelous" in everyday life. After leaving the group, Desnos continued his career of radio broadcasting and writing for commercials. Near the end of
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