LEADER 04620nam 2200625 450 001 9910460267103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-3229-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442632295 035 $a(CKB)3710000000421849 035 $a(EBL)3432027 035 $a(OCoLC)929153576 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669446 035 $a(CEL)447530 035 $a(OCoLC)918589116 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235808 035 $a(DE-B1597)465815 035 $a(OCoLC)944178802 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442632295 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669446 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255979 035 $a(OCoLC)958562230 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000421849 100 $a20160916h19841984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSurrealism and Quebec literature $ehistory of a cultural revolution /$fAndre? G. Bourassa ; translated by Mark Czarnecki 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1984. 210 4$d©1984 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aTranslation and revision of: Surre?alisme et litte?rature que?be?coise. 311 $a1-4426-5216-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAuthor's Note -- $tTranslator's Note -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Precursors -- $t2. From Painting to Poetry -- $t3. Refus global -- $t4. New Movements -- $t5. Further Downstream -- $tConclusion -- $tTranslator's Notes -- $tAuthor's Notes -- $tChronology -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aIn 1948 the Quebec artist Paul-Emile Borduas published his famous manifesto Refus global?a plea on behalf of the powers of imagination and sensibility in society and a revolt against rationalization, mechanization, and other restraining influences, including the church. Borduas and his consigners were bitterly attacked. But the message of Refus global had far-reaching and revolutionary effects on the culture of Quebec and ultimately on its politics. André Bourassa, in this important work, underlines the role played by artists and poets during the 1940s and the relationships among various groups. But his emphasis is on the literature of Quebec, from the first novel in 1837 (also the year of Quebec?s first revolution), through the Quiet Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s, to the present. In manifestos, poems, articles, and theatre pieces he examines the nature of Quebec surrealism and its international context. Surrealism took three main forms in the province: one reflecting André Breton?s school of thought as defined in the manifestos from 1924 on; another more generally related to the movements such as cubism or revolutionary surrealism; and finally, the spontaneous use of surrealism in its timeless aspect?as in cathedral gargoyles and African masks, religious myths and communications with the spirit world, the dream imagery of Bosch and Goya, or the automatic writing of Achim von Arnim and Gérard de Nerval. An understanding of these kinds of surrealism is essential to understanding the significance of Refus global and of the events and attitudes which followed when surrealists took ideological stands, especially against Stalinism and Duplessis. When first published in 1977, Surréalisme et literature québécoise won immediate critical acclaim, including the Prix France-Canada. Jean Ethier-Blais, in Le Devoir, called ?une vue spectrale, non seulement de nos lettres, mais mieux encore, de notre sensibilité.? For this English translation, Bourassa has revised the text significantly to incorporate new insights and new information. The updated and comprehensive bibliography will be particularly valuable for anyone studying surrealism. 410 0$aUniversity of Toronto romance series,$x0082-5336 ;$v50. 606 $aFrench-Canadian literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSurrealism (Literature)$zQue?bec (Province)$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench-Canadian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSurrealism (Literature)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a840.99714 700 $aBourassa$b Andre?-G.$f1936-2011,$0682992 702 $aCzarnecki$b Mark 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460267103321 996 $aSurrealism and Quebec literature$92065672 997 $aUNINA