Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde (Eburne Jonathan P.)(Paperback)

Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde (Eburne Jonathan P.)(Paperback)

The first comprehensive examination of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), a major twentieth-century writer and multi-media artist. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary, and artistic currents that animate her relationships with avant-garde movements throughout the

The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

'Complete Stories, a collection of Carrington's published and unpublished short stories--many newly translated from their original French and Spanish--is a terrific introduction to her bizarre, dreamlike worlds.' --Carmen Maria Machado, NPR Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art (Aberth Susan)(Paperback)

A survey of the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (born 1917). It provides an overview of this intriguing artist's rich body of work and considers Carrington's preoccupation with alchemy and the

Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington (Moorhead Joanna)(Paperback / softback)

A personal biography of Leonora Carrington, the debutante who ran away to Mexico and became one of the world's most significant surrealist

Theory of the Avant-Garde, 4 (Burger Peter)(Paperback)

Suggests a theory of art, tests against the French and German avant-garde movements of the twenties, and discusses hermeneutics, ideology, aesthetic categories, and the autonomy of

Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions (O'Pray Michael)(Paperback)

Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions examines the variety of concerns and practices that have comprised the long history of avant-garde film at a level appropriate for undergraduate study. It covers the developments of experimental film-making since the modernist explosion in the 1920s in

The Avant-Garde: A Very Short Introduction (Cottington David)(Paperback)

For over a hundred years, the idea of the 'avant-garde' has been perhaps the most important and influential force in modern culture, ruling the critical assessment of the significance of an artist or a work of art. If they have been judged to be 'avant-garde,' then they are worthy of consideration

Down Below (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

A stunning work of memoir and an unforgettable depiction of the brilliance and madness by one of Surrealism's most compelling figures In 1937 Leonora Carrington--later to become one of the twentieth century's great painters of the weird, the alarming, and the wild--was a nineteen-year-old art

The European Avant-Gardes, 1905-1935: A Portable Guide (Bru Sascha)(Paperback)

Introduces the full range and depth of the early 20th-century European avant-gardes This engaging introduction outlines the cultural and political contexts in which the avant-gardes operated, taking readers on a journey throughout the whole of Europe. It discusses the most salient features of the

The Politics of Kathy Acker: Revolution and the Avant-Garde (Borowska Emilia)(Paperback)

Exploring revolutionary politics in the work of one of America's most important avant-garde writers Situates Acker in broader social, political and historical contexts Offers an extensive analysis of the intersections between politics and literary form, asserting Acker's pivotal position in the

The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths (Krauss Rosalind E.)(Paperback)

The Hearing Trumpet (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

An old woman enters into a fantastical world of dreams and nightmares in this surrealist classic admired by Bj rk and Luis Bu uel. Leonora Carrington, painter, playwright, and novelist, was a surrealist trickster par excellence, and The Hearing Trumpet is the witty, celebratory key to her anarchic

Re-Imagining the Avant-Garde: Revisiting the Architecture of the 1960s and 1970s (Pearson Luke C.)(Paperback)

The Houseguest: And Other Stories (Dvila Amparo)(Paperback)

Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila's stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted--you'll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and

Dada and Surrealism (Hopkins David)(Paperback)

The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these

Coma (Guyotat Pierre)(Paperback)

A poetic exploration of trauma and renewal from the last avant-garde visionary of the twentieth century.Long ago, in childhood, when Summer reverberates and feels and throbs all over, it begins to circumscribe my body along with my self, and my body gives it shape in turn: the 'joy' of living, of

Aenne Biermann - Up Close and Personal(Paperback / softback)

First new monograph in English on the legendary avant-garde photographer Aenne Biermann since the 1930s Features some 100 of Biermann’s works in best color and duotone reproduction, several of which published in this book for the first time ever New essays on Aenne Bierman’s photography in

Constantin Brancusi (Miller Sanda)(Paperback)

Acknowledged as one of the major sculptors and avant-garde artists of the twentieth century, Constantin Brancusi (1876 1957) was also one of the most elusive, despite his fame. His mysterious nature was not only due to his upbringing in Romania which, at the time, was still regarded by much of

Altazor (Huidobro Vicente)(Paperback)

Often compared with Apollinaire as the first and liveliest avant-garde poet in his language, Vicente Huidobro was a one-man movement ('Creationism') in the modernist swirl of Paris and Barcelona between the two World Wars. His masterpiece was the 1931 book-length epic Altazor, a Machine Age paean

Feelings Are Facts: A Life (Rainer Yvonne)(Paperback)

Memoir by the avant-garde dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker recounting her childhood years, sexual misadventures, and artistic explorations.If you're interested in Plato, you're reading the wrong book. If you're interested in difficult childhoods, sexual misadventures, aesthetics, cultural

Glasgow Girls (Burkhauser Jude)(Paperback)

At the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was the centre for an avant-garde movement of art and design innovation in Europe, which we now refer to as The Glasgow Style. While the 'Glasgow Boys' group of painters has been widely written about, their female contemporaries have received far less

Joe Brainard's Art (Shamma Yasmine)(Paperback)

Examines the multiple angles of the avant-garde poetry and art of Joe Brainard Joe Brainard's work occupies the literal margins of New York school poetry, while also figuratively influencing its aesthetic margins, shaping the school from both within and without. Brainard was not only an important

Sang Kancil and the Farmer Gold Band (Carrington Jim)(Paperback)

Endorsed for reading by Cambridge International Examinations, Cambridge Reading Adventures is our international Primary reading scheme. Sang Kancil keeps eating the farmer's fruit and vegetables. Can the farmer find a way to stop him or will Sang Kancil outwit him? Gold Band books are for children

Hubert Crackanthorpe, Wreckage: Seven Studies (Malcolm David)(Paperback)

A scholarly edition of a neglected and provocative masterpiece of the fin-de-si cle avant-garde Offers a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of Crackanthorpe's first volume of short stories Contextualizes the volume in terms of Crackanthorpe's other work, in terms of contemporary writers and