René Magritte: Selected Writings

by René Magritte

translated by Jo Levy and Jo Levy

edited by Kathleen Rooney, Eric Plattner, Eric Plattner, Kathleen Rooney and Eric Plattner

University of Minnesota Press, 2016

Cloth: 978-1-5179-0122-6 | Paper: 978-1-5179-0123-3 | eISBN: 978-1-4529-5492-9 (EPUBMOBI) | eISBN: 978-1-4529-5491-2 (PDF)

Library of Congress Classification ND673.M35A35 2016

Dewey Decimal Classification 759.9493

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection of René Magritte’s writings gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of the renowned Belgian painter—the artist, the man, the aspiring noirist, the fire-breathing theorist—in his own words. Through whimsical personal letters, biting apologia, appreciations of fellow artists, pugnacious interviews, farcical film scripts, prose poems, manifestos, and much more, a new Magritte emerges: part Surrealist, part literalist, part celebrity, part rascal.While this book is sure to appeal to admirers of Magritte’s art and those who are curious about his personal life, there is also much to delight readers interested in the history and theory of art, philosophy and politics, as well as lovers of creativity and the inner workings of a probing, inquisitive mind unrestricted by genre, medium, or fashion.

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