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Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was an English surrealist artist and writer who emigrated to Mexico after the Second World War. As the first comprehensive examination of Carrington's writing and art, this volume approaches her as a major international figure in modern and contemporary art, literature and thought. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary and artistic currents that animate her contribution to experimental art movements throughout the Western Hemisphere, including surrealism and magical realism. In addition to a substantive editorial introduction, the book contains nine chapters from scholars of modern literature and art, each focusing on a major feature in Carrington's career. It also features a visual essay drawn from the 2015 Tate Liverpool exhibition Leonora Carrington: Transgressing Discipline, and two experimental essays by the novelist Chloe Aridjis and the scholar Gabriel Weisz, Carrington's son. This collection offers a resource for students, researchers and readers interested in Carrington's works, and contributes to her continued rise in global recognition.
List of contents
Introduction: Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde - Jonathan P. Eburne and Catriona McAra
1. An A-Z of Leonora Carrington memories, mostly in quotes, gathered over years of visits to her home - Chloe Aridjis
2. 'An allergy to collaboration': the early formation of Leonora Carrington's artistic vision - Susan L. Aberth
3. 'Genealogical gestation': Leonora Carrington between modernism and art history - Ara H. Merjian
4. Experience and knowledge in Down Below - Natalya Lusty
5. Dissecting The Holy Oily Body: Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington and El Santo Cuerpo Grasoso - Tara Plunkett
6. 'A language buried at the back of time': The Stone Door and poststructuralist feminism - Anna Watz
7. Losing one's head in the 'Children's Corner': Carrington's contributions to S.NOB in 1962 - Abigail Susik
8. Shadow children: Leonora as storyteller - Gabriel Weisz
9. Poetic wisdom: Leonora Carrington and the esoteric avant-garde - Jonathan P. Eburne
10. Carrington's sensorium - Janet Lyon
11. A nonagenarian virago: quoting 'Carrington' in contemporary practice - Catriona McAra
12. Leonora Carrington: transgressing discipline - Chloe Aridjis, Francesco Manacorda and Lauren Barnes
Index
About the author
Jonathan P. Eburne is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies at the Pennsylvania State University
Catriona McAra is University Curator at Leeds Arts University
Summary
The first comprehensive examination of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), a major twentieth-century writer and multi-media artist. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary, and artistic currents that animate her relationships with avant-garde movements throughout the Western Hemisphere.
