{"product_id":"surrealism-inside-the-magnetic-fields-paperback","title":"Surrealism: Inside the Magnetic Fields - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePenelope Rosemont\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA series of personal and historical encounters with surrealism from one of its foremost practitioners in the United States.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Rosemont has given us, better than anyone else in the English language, a marvelous, meticulous exploration of the \u003cem\u003esurrealist\u003c\/em\u003e experience, in all its infinite variety.--\u003cstrong\u003eGerome Kamrowski, \u003c\/strong\u003e American Surrealist Painter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the hallmarks of Surrealism is \u003cem\u003ethe encounter\u003c\/em\u003e, often by chance, with a key person, place, or object through a trajectory no one could have predicted. Penelope Rosemont draws on a lifetime of such experiences in her collection of essays, \u003cem\u003eSurrealism: Inside the Magnetic Fields\u003c\/em\u003e. From her youthful forays as a radical student in Chicago to her pivotal meeting with Andr  Breton and the Surrealist Movement in Paris, Rosemont--one of the movement's leading exponents in the United States--documents her unending search for the Marvelous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSurrealism\u003c\/em\u003e finds her rubbing shoulders with some of the movement's most important visual artists, such as Man Ray, Leonora Carrington, Mimi Parent, and Toyen; discussing politics and spectacle with Guy Debord; and crossing paths with poet Ted Joans and outsider artist Lee Godie. The book also includes scholarly investigations into American radicals like George Francis Train and Mary MacLane, the myth of the Golden Goose, and Dada precursor Emmy Hennings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eSurrealism: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosemont is not delivering dry abstractions, as so many academic 'specialists, ' but telling us about warm and exciting human encounters, illuminated by the subversive spirit of Permanent Enchantment.--\u003cstrong\u003eMichael L wy\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eEcosocialism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling and well-drawn book lets us see the adventures, inspirations, and relationships that have shaped Penelope Rosemont's art and rebellion.--\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Roediger\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eClass, Race, and Marxism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe broad sampling of essays included here offer a compelling entry point for curious readers and an essential compendium for surrealist practitioners.--\u003cstrong\u003eAbigail Susik\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor of art history, Willamette University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosemont's welcome memoir has a double virtue, as testament to the enduring radiance of Surrealism, and as a memento to the Sixties, revealing a sweetly beating wonderment at the heart of that absurdly maligned decade.--\u003cstrong\u003eJed Rasula\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eDestruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist, historian, and social activist, Rosemont writes from the inside out. Like a rare, hybrid flower growing out of the earth, she complicates, expands, and opens the strange and beautiful meadow where Surrealism continues to live and thrive.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eSabrina Orah Mark\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eWild Milk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging collection of essays, Penelope Rosemont, long a keeper of surrealism's revolutionary flame, shows how a penetrating look into the past can liberate the future.--\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Joron\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Absolute Letter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosemont recreates the feverish antics and immediate reception her close-knit, sleep-deprived, beat-attired squad find in the established, moray-breaking Parisian and international surrealists. Revolution is here, between the covers.--\u003cstrong\u003eGillian Conoley\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eA Little More Red Sun on the Human: New and Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003eand translator of \u003cem\u003eThousand Times Broken: Three Books\u003c\/em\u003e by Henri Michaux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the very few Americans welcomed into the Surrealist Movement in Paris by André Breton himself, Penelope Rosemont is a poet, essayist, and visual artist. In the 1960s, in addition to being members of the Industrial Workers of the World and Students for a Democratic Society, she and her late husband Franklin Rosemont co-founded the Chicago Surrealist Group, which published the magazine \u003cem\u003eArsenal\/Surrealist Subversion\u003c\/em\u003e and the book imprint Black Swan Press. In the 1980s, she became one of the directors of Chicago's historic left-wing press Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company. She has co-edited several surrealist publications, including \u003cem\u003eFree Spirits: Annals of the Insurgent Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights 1982) and \u003cem\u003eThe Forecast is Hot! Tracts \u0026amp; Other Collective Declarations of the Surrealist Movement in the United States\u003c\/em\u003e (Black Swan 1997), and is the editor of the landmark collection \u003cem\u003eSurrealist Women: An International Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e (Texas 1998). Her writings include two poetry collections \u003cem\u003eAthanor\u003c\/em\u003e (Black Swan 1971) and \u003cem\u003eBeware of the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e (Surrealist Editions 1992), the essay collection \u003cem\u003eSurrealist Experiences\u003c\/em\u003e (Black Swan 1999), and the memoir \u003cem\u003eDreams \u0026amp; Everyday Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Charles Kerr 2008). She has participated in many international exhibitions of surrealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173482053881,"sku":"9780872867680","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L2NLbUwvelM1L0s5aVF2VXl5Mzk2Zz09.webp?v=1767632898","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/surrealism-inside-the-magnetic-fields-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}