Pulp Surrealism Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Paris

• Main Author: ROBIN WALZ
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: University of California Press 15.11.2023
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 20th century; European Studies; France; French literature; History; History and criticism; Intellectual life; Paris; Paris (France); Popular culture; Social change; Surrealism (Literature)

In addition to its more well known literary and artistic origins, the French surrealist movement drew inspiration from currents of psychological anxiety and rebellion running through a shadowy side of mass culture, specifically in fantastic popular fiction and sensationalistic journalism. The provoc...