Bibliography of Women In Surrealism (2)

DOUMATO, Lamia
The Literature of Woman in Art
The Oxford Art Journal
April 1980
pp.74-77

An odd article, but one which touches on Surrealism and related issues.

ECKER, Grisela (Editor)
Feminist Aesthetics
The Women's Press
1985
ISBN 07043 39641

Translated from German, another general text, useful for those interested
in the women Surrealists.

GASCOYNE, David
A Short Survey of Surrealism
Cass
1970 (1935 original)
ISBN 07146 22621

A classic.  The first English text on Surrealism, and one of the best summaries 
of the movement concerning its formative years. Gascoyne was one of the prime 
movers behind the 1936 London Surrealism show (the very one where
Salvador Dalí nearly asphyxiated himself in a diving suit).

GERMAIN, Edward B. (Editor)
English and American Surrealist Poetry
Penguin Books
1978
ISBN 014 042 221 8

Brilliant.  All manner of things surrealist in here.  Short on women writers 
(and by god, their stuff is Surreal!), but very good.  A brave attempt to 
catalogue the activities of Surrealist writers (and artists who wrote).

GRIMES, T / COLLINS, J / BADDERLEY, O 
Five Women Painters
Lennard Publishing
1989
ISBN 185291 083 6

Good essay on Eileen Agar.

GRIMLEY, Terry
Seven Turn Surrealist in the City Kardomah
The Birmingham Post, UK
Arts and Entertainments Section
15 June 1991

Good article on the activities of the Surrealist artists based in Birmingham, 
UK during the 2nd World War.  Maddox, Bridgwater, Melville, William Gear 
and others.

KOCHNITZKY, Leon
Shepherdess of the Sphinxes (on Leonor Fini)
VIEW
June 1943

WOW! View was one of the wierdest magazines around when the Surrealists 
decamped to the USA in WW2.  This article is about the career and work of Fini, 
one of the most stunning of the Surrealists.  Best line says that women's most 
amazing achievement take 9 months (well progressive, I think not!).

LEEDS CITY ART GALLERIES
Surrealism in Britain in the Thirties
LCAG
1986
ISBN 0901981 281

The most substantial text on Surrealism in Britain with good essays on 
Surrealism in general, texts, histories, Britain's contribution etc.  Not 
badly illustrated, though the pictures are mostly b&ws. The catalogue 
entries are somewhat bland and brief.

LEWIS, Helena
The Politics of Surrealism
Paragon House Publishers NY, USA
1988
ISBN 091 3729 91 4 (pback)
ISBN 091 3729 442 (Hard cover)

Excellant on the political intrigues the Surrealist got themselves into.  
Remember this was the age of War as well as Surrealism.

PASSERON, Rene
The Concise Encyclopedia of Surrealism
Omega Books
1988 (1984)
ISBN 0907 853 28 5

Not bad. Translated from French.  Good summary of major and minor charcters, 
styles and habits of Surrealism - but far too dismissive of the Women!

RAY, Paul C
The Surrealist Movement in England
Cornell University press
1971
ISBN 08014 0621 8

A bit dry in parts, but a good summary of the literary basis of Surrealism in 
England. It reads better the second time around.

READ. Herbert
Surrealism
Faber and Faber
1936
ISBN (1971 copy) 0571 09720 0

There at the start.  produced circa the 1936 show.  B&W illustrations and 
some good writings by Breton, and others.

ROSEMONT, Franklin
Andre Breton and the First Principles of Surrealism
Pluto Press
1978
ISBN 0904 383 709

Great life and time of book.  Very surreal in discussion.

SULEIMAN, Susan Rubin
Subversive Intent - Gender Politics and the Avant Garde
Harvard University Press
1990
ISBN 0674 85383 0

Third best book on Women in Surrealism.  Not all on S., but very good overall.  
Plenty of which to take issue!

WARNER, Marina
The Goddess Rising: Carrington and Women
Art Forum
Women's Art magazine
March April 1992 No 45
pp.26-29

Good article by one of Britain's best art historians dealing with female 
imagery.  
Worth reading for the information on Lenora Carrington.

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