Simulating the Marvellous: Psychology – surrealism – postmodernism

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Simulating the Marvellous presents important new research on Surrealism and the culture from which it arose. Offering fresh interpretations of Surrealist art and literature based around the theme of simulation, the book shows, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, that the notion of simulation originated in a number of discrete contexts, in relation to hysteria and war neuroses; more broadly it shadows the emergence of our concept of "the unconscious."

Acknowledging simulation's relevance to Surrealism, this book argues, radically alters our understanding of the Surrealists' project and the terms in which one gauges its success or failure. It leads one to question the naïve assumption that automatic writing or drawing represent an authentic outpouring of the unconscious and gives renewed significance to a figure such as Salvador Dalí who embraced simulation and made it the basis of his art and aesthetic. Resonances are also explored with postmodern theory and art practice, around the themes of simulation and the simulacrum.It also points to one of the ways in which Surrealism chimes with a core preoccupation of contemporary art and theory.

Written accessibly, and ranging across many of the core ideas of Surrealism, David Lomas balances coverage of both Surrealist art and literature, looking at such figures as Dalì, Eluard, Masson, Desnos, Brouillet, Picasso, Tanning and Janet, as well as Glenn Brown, Douglas Gordon and Sarah Lucas. The book will interest not only art historians and theorists, but also students and those with a general interest in Surrealism.

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Release: March 19, 2013

ISBN: 0719088828

ISBN 13: 9780719088827

Simulating the Marvellous: Psychology – surrealism – postmodernism

David Lomas

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Publisher: Manchester University Press

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Simulating the Marvellous: Psychology – surrealism – postmodernism

Simulating the Marvellous: Psychology – surrealism – postmodernism

Simulating the Marvellous: Psychology – surrealism – postmodernism

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