“A stubborn refusal of the conditions of 20th Century 'reality', surrealism has denied intransigently and consistently that modern man can live without a sense of wonder at the world that was once embodied in myth. In approaching literature, it has… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fictive and elusive, the latter is natural, real, direct and spontaneous.” — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
Surrealism, then, neither aims to subvert realism, as does the fantastic, nor does it try to transcend it. It looks for different means by… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“By giving words the latitude she does, (Marianne) Van Hirtum emphasizes their contagious qualities: they become almost like viruses, with which it is necessary… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“In this stillness that is at the same time movement, in this darkness that is at the same time light, change is found not… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“Equally, the surrealists consider words as witnesses of life acting in a direct way in human affairs. To use words properly it was necessary… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“The fantastic is in complicity with the realist model, in the claims that realism makes to represent the true face of reality. It points… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“Surrealism also refuses the representation of reality: reality can only be; its existence proves its reality. Fiction thereby becomes impossible or is, by definition,… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“In our modern world, this elemental quality of storytelling is denied. We live today in a world in which everything has its place and… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“The real importance of automatism lay in the fact that it led to a different relation between the artist and the creative act. Where… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“A stubborn refusal of the conditions of 20th Century 'reality', surrealism has denied intransigently and consistently that modern man can live without a sense… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“The form of the Gothic novel also implicitly contested the claims of Realism to reflect the world directly by showing how artificial its structure… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“The shifting sands of the world... show how much the surrealists were drawn towards an interrogation of what reality actually is. Unlike fabulists of… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“As Peret asserts, the value of such stories resides in the fact that they respond to direct social necessity but in a way that… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“Refusing what Adorno called that 'comfort in the uncomfortable' taken by the fantastic, surrealism seeks to reintegrate man into the universe.” — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fictive and elusive, the latter is… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
