Michel Leiris Writing the Self |
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| Author:
| Hand, Seán
Hand, Seán |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in French Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-48579-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first full-length study in English of the work of Michel Leiris who is frequently cited as a central figure in contemporary French culture. Seán Hand explores Leiris's participation in some of the most striking intellectual and artistic movements of the twentieth century: surrealism, ethnography and existentialism amongst others.
This is the first full-length study in English of the work of Michel Leiris who is frequently cited as a central figure in contemporary French culture. Seán Hand explores Leiris's participation in some of the most striking intellectual and artistic movements of the twentieth century: surrealism, ethnography and existentialism amongst others.