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Surrealism and the art of crime / Jonathan P. Eburne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eburne, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Paul)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surrealism (Literature).
- Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.
- Literature, Modern.
- Crime in literature.
- Violence in literature.
- Surrealism--Political aspects--History--20th century.
- Surrealism.
- Crime--Political aspects--History--20th century.
- Crime.
- Authors--20th century--Political and social views.
- Authors.
- Political and social views.
- Crime--Political aspects.
- History.
- Surrealism--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Locked room, bloody chamber
- On murder, considered as one of the surrealist arts
- Germaine Berton and the ethics of assassination
- Dime novel politics
- X marks the spot
- Surrealism noir
- Persecution mania
- The transatlantic mysteries of Paris : surrealism and the série noire
- Conclusion : antihumanism and terror.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-315) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801446740
- 0801446740
- OCLC:
- 191207648
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