The Challenge of Surrealism: The Correspondence of Theodor W. Adorno and Elisabeth Lenk Tapa dura - 2015

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. hardcover., back board shows label-ghost from removal. spine and top margin of exterior show slight sunning. no other flaws or wear. clean. no writing or markings. no bumps. tight binding.; english text edition. translated by susan h. gillespie.; x-263pp., correspondence between adorno and his student, who was investigating surrealism. german edition first appeared in 2001.. First Edition /First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardback. New. The correspondence between the philosopher Theodor W. Adorno and his politically active graduate student Elisabeth Lenk offers fresh insights into both Adorno's view of surrealism and its relation to the student uprisings of 1960s France and Germany. Written between 1962, when Lenk moved to Paris and persuaded an initially reluctant Adorno to supervise her sociology dissertation on the surrealists, and Adorno's death in 1969, these letters reveal a surprisingly tender side of the distinguished professor. The correspondence is accompanied by a selection of documents that bring additional depth and context to the letters and their engagement with the art and politics of the period. Filling in the background of Adorno and Lenk's lively exchange, the volume includes new translations of classic essays by Walter Benjamin ("Surrealism: Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia") and Adorno ("Surrealism Reconsidered"), along with a collection… Leer más

Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2015. Hardcover. New. 248 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches.