This major anthology of writings by legendary poet Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) is the only English language source for a complete version of Tzara's epic Approximate Man now widely regarded as the poetic masterpiece of Surrealism. Included is a critical introduction, an account of variants, and an ess[...]

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[...]

Surrealism is the first in an expanded range of Themes and Movements titles which look beyond the post-1945 period to survey all of the twentieth century's major art movements. Mary Ann Caws is an internationally respected scholar of Surrealism who has translated many of its major texts and publishe[...]

Capital of Pain, is considered one of the key texts of surrealism. This is the first new translation into English of this work in over 30 years and the only edition available in the English language. This edition presents the text in its entirety in a bilingual format and includes an extensive essay[...]

Virginia Woolf's haunted interior life, her intimates within the famed Bloomsbury Circle, and the places and objects that became the subjects of her work are examined thoroughly by Woolf expert Mary Ann Caws, and beautifully complemented by a rich selection of paintings, manuscript pages, diary sket[...]

Robert Motherwell was the most intellectual and verbal of the abstract expressionists. This title examines his way of thinking and writing in relation to his paintings. The author bases her analysis on the artist's own writings and extensive interviews with him.[...]

'This book is of tremendous importance for an understanding of modernism, and makes clear that Breton is a central figure of the twentieth century' - "San Francisco Chronicle". What Freud did for dreams, Andre Breton (1896-1966) does for despair: in its distortions he finds the marvelous, and throug[...]