“Refusing what Adorno called that 'comfort in the uncomfortable' taken by the fantastic, surrealism seeks to reintegrate man into the universe.” UniverseFantasyFantasticSurrealism Book:The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things Source: The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things
“Surrealism, then, neither aims to subvert realism, as does the fantastic, nor does it try to transcend it. It looks for different means by which to explore reality itself.” RealityFantasyFantasticRealismSurrealismFantastique Book:Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World Source: Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
“The shifting sands of the world... show how much the surrealists were drawn towards an interrogation of what reality actually is. Unlike fabulists of whatever hue, there is a materiality in surrealist writing that resolutely keeps it, one might say, 'down to earth'.” RealityFantasyFantasticSurrealismFantastique Book:Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World Source: Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World