02513oam 2200469 450 991015034110332120230808200402.01-315-39056-61-315-39058-210.4324/9781315390581 (CKB)3710000000932807(MiAaPQ)EBC4741241970386335(OCoLC)958066491(OCoLC-P)958066491(FlBoTFG)9781315390581(EXLCZ)99371000000093280720160906d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierA surrealist stratigraphy of Dorothea Tanning's Chasm /Catriona McAraNew York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (143 pages) illustrationsStudies in surrealism1-4724-6344-7 1-315-39057-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Unpacking Tanning's library -- 2. The alternative reality of Sedona -- 3. Surrealism in the attic -- 4. The fur of the fairy tale -- 5. Quoting "Tanning" : surrealist heirlooms in contemporary practice.In 'A Surrealist Stratigraphy of Dorothea Tanning's Chasm', Catriona McAra offers the first critical study of the literary work of the celebrated American surrealist painter and soft sculptor. McAra fills a major gap in the scholarship, repositioning Tanning's writing at the centre of her entire creative oeuvre and focusing on the little-known manuscript, Abyss, a gothic-flavoured, desert adventure which Tanning (1910-2012) worked on intermittently throughout her creative life, finally publishing it in 2004 as 'Chasm: A Weekend'. McAra undertakes a major reassessment of the visual and literary principles upon which the surrealist movement was initially founded. Combining a ground-breaking methodological approach with reference to cultural theory and feminist aesthetics, and with access to Tanning's unpublished journals and notes, McAra reveals Tanning as a key player in contemporary art practice as well as in the historical surrealist milieu.Surrealism (Literature)Surrealism (Literature)813/.6McAra Catriona892620OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910150341103321A surrealist stratigraphy of Dorothea Tanning's Chasm1993864UNINA