{"product_id":"surrealist-and-dadaist-poetry-an-anthology-9781999821579","title":"Surrealist and Dadaist Poetry: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurrealism and Dadaism have been two of the most influential \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand powerful internationalist movements of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevolution, absurdism, and humour fused together to create these \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforces of untamed creativity. Forces that rejected the rational \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econscious mind in favour of dream, the subconscious, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubversion, love, and hidden desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Within these pages the reader will find the poems \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof both the dominant and the less well-known protagonists \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Dadaism and Surrealism past and present, as well as \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esome poems by those who have been closely linked to both movements...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDada came into its own in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere unstructured live performance, poetry, and music were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecombined to create a subversive cultural break from the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estifling and destructive mores of the time...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrealism took up the baton and developed into \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot only the subversive influence that its predecessor had been, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut in addition it wished to, as André Breton put it: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto an absolute reality, a super-reality\", or surreality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo other artistic and cultural movements have been as obdurate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein their desire to change the world and to change reality -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eboth from without and from within... And their belief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein poetry, love, revolt, subversion, juxtaposition, and dream\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecan be seen to be coursing through the veins of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe poems that have been chosen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor this anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn case it is ever forgotten, this collection reminds us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the importance of poetry in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estruggle to carve out a more harmonious, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eradical and egalitarian future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4768898\"\u003eJean Bonnin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Egg Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999821579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999821572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005030\"\u003eEuropean | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Egg Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575614075117,"sku":"9781999821579","price":31.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b3528ada-74bc-44f2-a5c4-5976c12dacd1.jpg?v=1701999938","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/surrealist-and-dadaist-poetry-an-anthology-9781999821579","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}