57 results for '"BRETON,A"'

For Bataille, "the absence of myth" had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had "lost the secret of its cohesion," Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and the beginning of...

"Né des curiosités de l'adolescence, nourri des révoltes et des expériences de l'homme, ordonné par la puissance magique du poète, L'Enchanteur pourrissant n'est pas une composition laborieuse...

"A leading French feminist and writer, Groult drew wide attention with this sexually daring novel"—The NY TimesSalt on my Skin is widely regarded as Benoîte Groult’s most pioneering, best-loved book...

A fascinating overview of how contemporary artists incorporate text and language into work that speaks to the most pressing issues of the 21st century. In this new volume celebrated artist and...

A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city...

As this beautiful volume testifies, the life of Gisele Freund (1908–2000) was populated by a glamorous cast of characters. Famed for her documentary photographs of 1930s Britain and Germany on the...

Cultural Writing. Essays. David Roediger teaches History and African-American Studies at University of Illinois and is a pioneering figure in whiteness studies, a vital branch of thought that...

On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring...

"'Are women's orgasms more intense than men's?' 'Would you let a woman see you with suspicious stains on your trousers?' 'When and how did you lose your virginity?' 'How many times can you come,...

On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring...

New York is fascinating, Paris is fascinating, and Paris-on-the-Hudson, while it lasted, was twice as fascinatingConsider the oddly juxtaposed eminence of those in attendance: Wartime New York was...

Césaire's masterpiece that reaches the powerful and overlooked aspects of black culture.Aimé Césaire's masterpiece, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, is a work of immense cultural significance...

Un navire sombre dans les eaux furieuses d’une tempête infernale. Depuis l’île où il a été exilé à la suite d’un funeste complot, le duc et magicien Prospero contemple le naufrage… et voit débarquer...

A visual celebration of André Leon Talley’s life that centers his personal style as a lens on his contributions to fashion history.This lavish volume reflects on the life of André Leon Talley and his...

“Tense, moving, and hilarious . . . [A] dark jewel of a novel.” —Francine Prose, O, The Oprah MagazineThree husbands have left her. I.R.S. agents are whamming on her door. And her beloved cat has...

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene.In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in...

A lively history of Surrealism, from its beginnings in Paris to its expansion into an international artistic movement Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 celebrates the centennial of André Breton’s...

Language Notes Text: French From the Back Cover Pour l'essentiel, Aragon a livré tout de lui-même de son vivant. Ou presque tout. Inutile de souligner que ce qu'il a réservé, retenu -...

A la ligne est le premier roman de Joseph Ponthus. C'est l'histoire d'un ouvrier intérimaire qui embauche dans les conserveries de poissons et les abattoirs bretons. Jour après jour, il inventorie...

80 masterpieces: flat shapes of pure saturated color, and the unforgettable figures of Tahitian women with their bronzed bodies and glossy black hair Published to accompany an exhibition at the...