Surrealist, Lover, Resistant
Collected Poems
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Continental European, Fiction & Literature, Poetry
| Author: | Robert Desnos | ISBN: | 9781908376770 |
| Publisher: | Arc Publications | Publication: | October 19, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Arc Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Desnos |
| ISBN: | 9781908376770 |
| Publisher: | Arc Publications |
| Publication: | October 19, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Arc Publications |
| Language: | English |
Hailed as the 'prophet' of the Surrealist movement by André Breton, Desnos was a hugely influential figure across all art forms at the time, and yet today his work is completely underrepresented in the English language. The present volume of nearly 300 poems seeks to redress the balance, moving from youthful, light-hearted material to full-blown surrealism, from poems full of anguish and torment to delightful love poetry, and from whimsical, humorous verses to some of the great poem sequences of the Nazi Occupation period when Desnos was an active resistant.
Hailed as the 'prophet' of the Surrealist movement by André Breton, Desnos was a hugely influential figure across all art forms at the time, and yet today his work is completely underrepresented in the English language. The present volume of nearly 300 poems seeks to redress the balance, moving from youthful, light-hearted material to full-blown surrealism, from poems full of anguish and torment to delightful love poetry, and from whimsical, humorous verses to some of the great poem sequences of the Nazi Occupation period when Desnos was an active resistant.
