Arthritic Grasshopper

Author : Gisèle Prassinos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1939663229

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Arthritic Grasshopper by Gisèle Prassinos Pdf

First discovered, celebrated and published by the Surrealists at the age of 14 (they declared her the "new Alice"), Gisèle Prassinos quickly found herself established in the literary world as a fount of automatic tales freighted with transgressive humor and a pervading sense of threatened feminine identity. "Gisèle Prassinos' tone is unique," claimed André Breton, "all the poets are jealous of it. Swift lowers his eyes, Sade shuts his candy box." The Arthritic Grasshopper and Other Tales gathers together all of her literary prose from 1934 to 1944, an assortment of anxious dream tales drawn from journals and plaquettes, introduced and illustrated by such admirers as Paul Éluard, Man Ray and Hans Bellmer. The 72 stories include such longer, novella-length tales as "Sondue," "The Executioner" and "The Dream."Gisèle Prassinos (1920-2015) was born in Istanbul of a Greek father and an Italian mother. One summer day at the age of 13 and in a fit of boredom, she began to compose short absurdist vignettes, filling up pages of paper with tales of sarcastic stains, arrogant hair and liquid frogs. Her first collection was published in 1935, with a preface by Paul Éluard and a frontispiece portrait by Man Ray. With World War II, Prassinos stopped publishing, but in 1954 she returned to literature with a series of novels and stories still imbued with a Surrealist sensibility.

Author : Penelope Rosemont
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292787698

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Surrealist Women by Penelope Rosemont Pdf

Beginning in Paris in the 1920s, women poets, essayists, painters, and artists in other media have actively collaborated in defining and refining surrealism's basic project—achieving a higher, open, and dynamic consciousness, from which no aspect of the real or the imaginary is rejected. Indeed, few artistic or social movements can boast as many women forebears, founders, and participants—perhaps only feminism itself. Yet outside the movement, women's contributions to surrealism have been largely ignored or simply unknown. This anthology, the first of its kind in any language, displays the range and significance of women's contributions to surrealism. Letting surrealist women speak for themselves, Penelope Rosemont has assembled nearly three hundred texts by ninety-six women from twenty-eight countries. She opens the book with a succinct summary of surrealism's basic aims and principles, followed by a discussion of the place of gender in the movement's origins. She then organizes the book into historical periods ranging from the 1920s to the present, with introductions that describe trends in the movement during each period. Rosemont also prefaces each surrealist's work with a brief biographical statement.

Author : Effie Rentzou
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810145085

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Concepts of the World by Effie Rentzou Pdf

How did the avant-garde imagine its interconnected world? And how does this legacy affect our understanding of the global today? The writers and artists of the French avant-garde aspired to reach a global audience that would be wholly transformed by their work. In this study, Effie Rentzou delves deep into their depictions of the interwar world as an international and modern landscape, one marked by a varied cosmopolitanism. The avant-garde’s conceptualization of the world paralleled, rejected, or expanded prevailing notions of the global sphere. The historical avant garde—which encompassed movements like futurism, Dada, and surrealism—was self-consciously international, operating across global networks and developed with the whole world as its horizon and its public. In the heady period between the end of the Belle Époque and the tumult of World War II, both individual artists (including Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Francis Picabia, Louis Aragon, Leonora Carrington, and Nicolas Calas) and collective endeavors (such as surrealist magazines and exhibitions) grappled with contemporary anxieties about economic growth, imperialism, and colonialism, as well as various universalist, cosmopolitan, and internationalist visions. By probing these works, Concepts of the World offers an alternative narrative of globalization, one that integrates the avant-garde’s enthusiasm for, as well as resistance to, the process. Rentzou identifies within the avant-garde a powerful political language that expressed the ambivalence of living and creating in an increasingly globalized world—a language that profoundly shaped the way the world has been conceptualized and is experienced today.

Author : Keith Aspley
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780810858473

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Historical Dictionary of Surrealism by Keith Aspley Pdf

Despite surrealism's celebration of the subconscious and eschewal of reason, the movement was nevertheless concerned with definitions. Andre Breton included a dictionary-style entry for surrealisme in his 1924 Manifeste du surrealisme and later explored juxtapositions of the absurd and the mundane in the 1938 Dictionnaire abrege du surrealisme. To the mountain of literature that seeks to organize the far-reaching intellectual movement, Aspley (honorary fellow, Univ. of Edinburgh) adds this handy volume that organizes the breadth of surrealism into concise entries on artists, writers, artworks, and themes. A chronology highlights events that sparked the surrealist imagination, activities of formal surrealist groups, and exhibitions. An introductory essay and extensive bibliography are included. One of the few English-language reference sources about surrealism published in the last decade, Aspley's dictionary is useful for quick access to key terms and biographies. For a book devoted to a movement characterized by arresting visual imagery, the lack of illustrations is annoying. Even Rene Passeron's 1978 Phaidon Encyclopedia of Surrealism (CH, May'79) reprints artworks in color. For a richly illustrated and comprehensive history, see Gerard Durozi's History of the Surrealist Movement (CH, Nov'02, 40-1316). Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students. Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students. Reviewed by A. H. Simmons.

Author : Monique Bellan,Julia Drost
Publisher : Ergon Verlag
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783956508592

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Surrealism in North Africa and Western Asia by Monique Bellan,Julia Drost Pdf

Der vorliegende Band beschäftigt sich mit dem Surrealismus in Literatur und Kunst in Algerien, Ägypten, Libanon, Syrien und der Türkei zwischen den 1930er und 1980er Jahren. In einer transkulturellen Perspektive erscheint die zu Beginn der 1920er Jahre von Frankreich ausgehende Bewegung gleichermaßen als globales wie als lokales Phänomen, das in den hier behandelten Regionen weniger auf kollektive als auf individualistische Weise, vornehmlich auf dem Gebiet von Poesie und Sprache, rezipiert wurde. Die Studien in diesem Band verfolgen das Ziel, ein klareres Bild von den Resonanzen des Surrealismus in diesen Regionen zu zeichnen und damit einen Beitrag zur Geschichte sowohl der Transmoderne als auch des Surrealismus zu leisten. Methodisch geht es darum, Verbindungen, Begegnungen und Austausch auf individuell-künstlerischer, politisch-institutioneller und soziohistorischer Ebene zu untersuchen. Ein neuer Blick auf den globalen Surrealismus muss diese Netzwerke und Verbindungen auf der Mikroebene berücksichtigen, wenn es um die Fragen geht, wann, wo und was Surrealismus war. Die Antwort könnte zeigen, dass der Surrealismus weitaus weiter verbreitet war als bisher angenommen.

Author : Lindsey Davis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446456927

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The Accusers by Lindsey Davis Pdf

Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor, C. J. Sansom will absolutely love this gripping page-turner of a historical mystery from multi-million copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Full of twists, turns and tension - you'll be hooked from page one... 'Queen of the humorous crime romp is Lindsey Davis.' -- Guardian 'A pure delight, with Davis's unique blend of wit and humour brilliantly immersing us in the marvels of ancient Roman life.' -- Good Book Guide 'Almost impossible to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'My advice is BUY IT and READ IT as you will not regret it' -- ***** Reader review 'Superbly written, gripping and compelling' -- ***** Reader review 'A joy to read' -- ***** Reader review *************************************************************************** FALCO HAS HIS DEADLY DAY IN COURT Having returned from his trip to Londinium, Falco takes up employment with two lawyers at the top of their trade. For the trial of a senator, they need Falco to make an affidavit confirming repayment of a loan. Having been out of the country and starved of Forum gossip for some time, Falco has little interest in this trial, so he makes his deposition and then leaves. The prosecution are successful and a large financial judgment is made, but one month later the senator is dead, apparently by suicide. The heirs are now in a situation of not having to pay up, and the prosecutor suddenly decides to seek out Falco. With a little coercion, Falco joins the prosecution in seeking to persuade a magistrate to instigate a new trial. Blinded by the vision of rich pickings to be gained by the prosecution, Falco temporarily forgets that, if they fail, the financial penalties levelled against the informers who brought the case are potentially enormous...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520317277

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The Custom House of Desire by Anonim Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Author : Kenneth Charles Carstens,Patty Jo Watson
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817308056

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Of Caves and Shell Mounds by Kenneth Charles Carstens,Patty Jo Watson Pdf

The essays offer new evidence to dispute the assumption that ancient human groups in the Eastern Woodlands of North America changed little until Mesoamerican influences stimulated important developments.

Author : Dr. Michael J. Bernard DDS, MS
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781637640975

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Make It Better by Dr. Michael J. Bernard DDS, MS Pdf

Make It Better: The Editor (x2) By: Dr. Michael J. Bernard DDS, MS This book is comprised of fifty-five short informational and motivational editorials Dr. Bernard wrote over nine years as the editor of a local dental magazine. In Make It Better, Dr. Bernard reinvigorates his original articles by commenting on them in the year 2020, bringing his current life-skill knowledge and new information to bear on past insights. With humor and self-awareness, Dr. Bernard shares some of the principles that have helped him make his own life better and more spiritual. What he learned in a lifetime, the reader can learn through this collection of short, engaging articles. Whether you read it straight through or pick and choose the articles that will help you most, Make It Better can help you do just that: make your life better.

Author : Nancy Zieman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781440216602

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Nancy's Favorite 101 Notions by Nancy Zieman Pdf

' The right notion just might unlock your creativity For the past 25 years, Nancy Zieman has offered innovative ideas, inspiration and information designed to make sewing, serging, quilting and embroidering more efficient—and more enjoyable. Now she offers a guidebook to every tool you’ll ever need! Nancy’s Favorite 101 Notions covers the standards—not all pins are created equal!—as well as some one-task wonders that can make the difference between a frustrating failure and a wonderful work of art. Nancy describes the features of each tool—so you can find a tool that works, regardless of brand—and details the various uses. Helpful Notes from Nancy and Budget-Friendly tips are sprinkled throughout, as are illustrated mini-demonstrations. With Nancy’s Favorite 101 Notions, you can find the tools that will make sewing easier, faster, more creative and more fun!

Author : Bruce Merchant
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781312873988

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Moonkind by Bruce Merchant Pdf

In another century and a half, the world, as we know it, will be greatly changed. This book foresees changes that most of us could scarcely dream of. But several earthly problems have not been resolved. One of these is the periodic emergence of infectious diseases that have evaded all efforts to prevent or control them. Enter Q-strain, an astoundingly pernicious mutation of Ebola virus which totally wipes out all humans on the Earth. There is time, however, to transport the very earliest stage of clones to the robotic station on the Moon. When the "all clear" for absence of the Ebola Q-strain mutant on the Earth has been biologically verified, these clones are given birth on the Moon and raised to adulthood by robotic guides and caretakers. The story then centers on the development of fourteen clones who must return a human presence to our now Ebola-free blue planet. This sounds like quite a challenge, and in fact, that's just what it is.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Literature, Modern
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006995547

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Reality Studios by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barbara Tyrrell
Publisher : Lindlife Publishers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000057614806

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Her African Quest by Barbara Tyrrell Pdf

Author : John B. McGinty,Stephen S. Burkhart
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 1698 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780781732659

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Operative Arthroscopy by John B. McGinty,Stephen S. Burkhart Pdf

Extensively revised and updated for its Third Edition, Operative Arthroscopy remains the most comprehensive and authoritative reference in this rapidly advancing specialty. World-renowned experts describe the latest instrumentation and techniques and detail proven minimally invasive procedures for the knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, foot, ankle, and spine. New topics in this edition include meniscus repair with implantable devices, arthroscopic knot tying, and arthroscopy in athletes. Hundreds of full-color arthroscopic views, surgical exposures, and line drawings guide surgeons in technique and clinical decision-making. This edition includes a free DVD of surgical procedures, with over 200 minutes of video to demonstrate key points and techniques.

Author : J. H. Matthews
Publisher : University Park, Pennsylvania State U. P
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Surrealism
ISBN : UOM:39015006748175

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An Introduction to Surrealism by J. H. Matthews Pdf