Surrealist Painters and Poets：An Anthology

In1951RobertMotherwellpublishedacollectionofwritingscalledTheDadaPaintersandPoets:AnAnthology.Conceivedasasequeltothatvolume,SurrealistPaintersandPoets:AnAnthologydoesforSurrealismwhatMotherwell'sbookdidforDadaism.TheconceptandcontentswerediscussedwithRobertMotherwellandmetwithhisenthusiasticapproval.Theessays,manifestos,poems,andtextsinthisanthologyofferacompositepictureoftheSurrealists--theirconvictions,styles,andspirit--fromthemovement'sbeginningsinFrancejustafterWorldWarItoitssecondfloweringinAmericaafterWorldWarII.ThebookincludeswritersandartistsfromBelgium,Chile,Czechoslovakia,Cuba,Egypt,England,France,Germany,Guyana,Italy,Martinique,Mauritius,Mexico,Spain,Switzerland,Senegal,Uruguay,andtheUnitedStates.Caws'smaincriterionforinclusionwasthattheworksbethebestandmostrepresentativeofthedifferentformsofSurrealism.Amongothers,theartistsandwritersincludeAndréBreton,MarcelDuchampandRroseSélavy,MaxErnst,MinaLoy,FrancisPicabia,andTristanTzara.http://rapidshare.com/files/243467945/mm07.rar