Benjamin Péret: A Menagerie In Revolt. Selected Writings. Introduction de Franklin Rosemont. Postface de Don Lacoss. Black Swan Press.
Cette nouvelle anthologie repose sur l'ouvrage pionnier des écrits de Péret paru en août 1970 dans la revue Radical America avec une introduction de Franklin Rosemont. C'est une édition augmentée de nouvelles illustrations et d'un large choix de textes de Péret, de ses textes poétiques, poèmes, contes, de ses écrits politiques mais aussi de textes sur la révolte des noirs au Brésil, sur l'art précolombien et de ses écrits critiques sur de grands artistes surréalistes comme Wifredo Lam, Jindrich Stitrsky et Toyen.
This collection is based on the pioneering anthology of Peret's writings that first appeared in August 1970 in the SDS journal Radical America, introduced by Franklin Rosemont. This new, expanded and illustrated edition includes a selection of peret's incomparable poetry and stories, a wide range of crtiical essagys of hte practice of poetry, the struggle against capitalism, slave revolts in Brazil, Pre-Columbian art, and appreciations of the great surrealist artists Wifredo Lam, Jundirch Styrsky, and Toyen. An afterword by Don LaCoss discusses the ecological dimension of Peret's work.
Peret's writings testify with burning clarity to his relentless devotion to the cause of breaking the social, cultural, and psychological fetters which reduce the imagination to misery and degradation. An essential collection by an essential member of the first Surrealist group.
This collection is based on the pioneering anthology of Peret's writings that first appeared in August 1970 in the SDS journal Radical America, introduced by Franklin Rosemont. This new, expanded and illustrated edition includes a selection of peret's incomparable poetry and stories, a wide range of crtiical essagys of hte practice of poetry, the struggle against capitalism, slave revolts in Brazil, Pre-Columbian art, and appreciations of the great surrealist artists Wifredo Lam, Jundirch Styrsky, and Toyen. An afterword by Don LaCoss discusses the ecological dimension of Peret's work.
Peret's writings testify with burning clarity to his relentless devotion to the cause of breaking the social, cultural, and psychological fetters which reduce the imagination to misery and degradation. An essential collection by an essential member of the first Surrealist group.
ISBN: 9780882862996
Publisher: Black Swan
Release Date: 2009-01-04
Publisher: Black Swan
Release Date: 2009-01-04