Marvelous encounters : surrealist responses to film, art, poetry, and architecture

The Concept Of Poesie Critique - Poetry That Possesses Both A Poetic And A Critical Function - Has An Extensive History In Modern Literature. Written In Response To Another Work Of Art, Be It A Painting, A Film, A Poem, Or A Piece Of Music, The Critical Poem Comments On The Latter In Various Ways But Refuses To Abandon Its Poetic Mission. Marvelous Encounters Examines Surrealist Poets Writing In French, Spanish, And Catalan Who Experimented With This Genre.--jacket. Critical Poetry -- Synthetic Criticism. Louis Aragon ; Philippe Soupault -- Critical Syntheses. Benjamin Péret ; Paul Eluard -- André Breton. The Ideal Place ; Surrealism And Painting -- Catalan Experience. J.v. Foix ; Salvador Dalí-- The Spanish Experience. Federico García Lorca ; Rafael Alberti -- The Canary Islands. Domingo López Torres ; Emeterio Gutiérrez Albelo ; José María De La Rosa ; Pedro Garcia Cabrera -- Argentina And Peru. Aldo Pellegrini ; César Moro ; Emilio Adolfo Westphalen -- Chile And Mexico. Jorgé Ćíceres ; Enrique Gómez-correa ; Octavio Paz. Willard Bohn. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 240-248) And Index. The concept of poesie critique - poetry that possesses both a poetic and a critical function - has an extensive history in modern literature. Written in response to another work of art, be it a painting, a film, a poem, or a piece of music, the critical poem comments on the latter in various ways but refuses to abandon its poetic mission. Marvelous Encounters examines surrealist poets writing in French, Spanish, and Catalan who experimented with this intriguing genre. The first three chapters are concerned with the French surrealists, who began to cultivate critical poetry toward the end of World War I. Chapter 2 considers how Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault appropriated the critical poem, as they reviewed books of poetry and films starring Charlie Chaplin. Chapter 3, which examines how Benjamin Peret and Paul Eluard conceived of critical poetry, analyzes their response to poems by Tristan Tzara and paintings by Giorgio de Chirico and Joan Miro. Chapter 4 is devoted entirely to Andre Breton.