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More copies of this ISBN:Surrealist Love Poemsby Mary Ann Caws
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Love poetry includes, yes, descriptions of the beloved. And images of a fantastic idyll complete with falling stars, the sound of the sea, and beautiful countryside. In the hands of Surrealists, though, love poetry also includes gravediggers and murderers, dice and garbage, snakeskin purses and "the drunken kisses of cyclones." Surrealism, the movement founded in the 1920s on the ashes of Dada's nihilism, embraced absurdity, contradiction, and, to a supreme extent, passion and desire. From André Breton's battle cry of "Mad Love" to the quiet lyricism of Robert Desnos, Surrealist writers and artists obsessively expressed the permutations of that fundamental human state, love, and they did so with the vocabulary of the natural and unnatural world, the explicit language of sex, and a great deal of humor. Surrealist Love Poems brings together sixty poemsmany of them translated into English for the first timeby Surrealists who charged their work through with all forms of eroticism. Within these pages you will read the magnificent love poems of Desnos, which rank among the greatest in twentieth-century poetry, and hear the voices of lesser known "poets" such as Salvador Dalí and Frida Kahlo. Poems by familiar Surrealists such as Breton, the movement's leader, and Paul Eluard join work by Octavio Paz and Philippe Soupault. Interspersed with the poetry are photographs by Man Ray, Lee Miller, and Claude Cahun. Expertly and energetically translated by Mary Ann Caws, this collection seeks to demonstrate the truth of Breton's words, that "the embrace of poetry like that of bodies/As long as it lasts/Shuts out all the woes of the world." About the AuthorMary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Among her many books are The Surrealist Look: An Erotics of Encounter and Dora Maarwith and without Picasso: A Biography, and Picasso, a new volume in Reaktion Books's Critical Lives series. Table of ContentsMary Ann Caws
The poetics of surrealist love Louis Aragon The approach of love and a kiss Poem written in the toilets with a knife on the wall André Breton Free union I dream I see your image Always for the first time They tell me that over there As they move In the lovely twilight On the road to San Romano Jacques-Bernard Brunius I love Aimé Césaire The automatic crystal René Char Love The climate of the hunt or how poetry is made The nuptial countenance Salvador Dalí Binding cradled - cradle bound Léon-Gontran Damas Through the half-opened window Robert Desnos I have so often dreamed of you No, love is not dead If you knew Sleep spaces Oh pangs of love! Never anyone but you The voice of Robert Desnos Obsession Paul Eluard Your mouth with golden lips The shape of your eyes I love you The earth is blue like an orange I've told you As you rise The lover About one, two, everyone Since it must be Our life Marcelle Ferry You came down from the mountains Frida Kahlo Now he comes Annie Le Brun Twelfth ring (extract) Gilbert Lély Sulphur smile Dora Maar I rested in the arms of my arms Joyce Mansour Your breath in my mouth You love to lie in our unmade bed I want to show myself naked Remember The storm sketches a silver margin I want to sleep with you Maria Even long after my death Alice Paalen Turtledove on the ground A woman who was beautiful Octavio Paz Clear night (extract) Valentine Penrose Beloved to love you Benjamin Péret Wink Hello Do you know Fountain Her great thighs Philippe Soupault Georgia Song for ghosts and for those now gone Remedios Varo A recipe: how to produce erotic dreams Biographies Sources List of illustrated works What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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