Michel Leiris Writing the Self |
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Author:
| Hand, Seàn |
Contribution by:
| Sheringham, Michael |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in French Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-49574-5 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2002 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $187.95 |
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.