Surrealism and the Visual Arts: Theory and Reception Book

1	The tradition of poetry and lyricism in French art criticism	13
2	Modern painting as poetic language	24
3	The discovery of lyricism	32
4	Andre Breton and modern art	50
5	Defining surrealism	75
6	Defining surrealist visual art	89
7	Surrealism and painting I : the foundation of surrealist art	116
8	La Peinture Surrealiste : the presentation and reception of surrealist art	141
9	Surrealism and painting II : materialism and morality	157
10	Initiating the challenge	173
11	Surrealism and painting III : avoiding automatism	193
12	Appropriating automatism	211
13	Realism and surrealism	238
14	Defying painting	271
15	Remaking reality	288
16	Automatic style	314
17	Conclusion : surrealism as an institution	342