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A boatload of madmen : surrealism and the American avant-garde, 1920-1950 / Dickran Tashjian.

By: Tashjian, DickranMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2001Description: xx, 424p., [32]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780500976128 (pbk.) :; 0500976120 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Surrealism -- United States -- History | Arts, Modern -- 20th century -- United StatesDDC classification: 709.7'3'0904 Summary: This cultural history tells the story of Surrealism's remarkable sea change, from a fiercely leftist, strongly literary, avant-garde movement into an apolitical, almost exclusively visual style.
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Originally published: New York; London: Thames & Hudson, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413) and index.

This cultural history tells the story of Surrealism's remarkable sea change, from a fiercely leftist, strongly literary, avant-garde movement into an apolitical, almost exclusively visual style.

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