Le Paysan de Paris
| Author | Louis Aragon |
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| Genre | Surrealism |
| Publisher | Editions Gallimard |
Publication date | 1926 |
Le Paysan de Paris is a
Editions Gallimard
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It was dedicated to the surrealist painter
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont. The detailed descriptions provide a realistic backdrop for surrealist spectacles such as the transformation of a shop into a seascape in which a siren appears and then disappears. This literary device is le merveilleux quotidien — a contrast of the mundane with the marvellous.[1]
The Arcades Project.[2] Louis Aragon was disappointed with the book's reception by the French literary establishment which he considered too bourgeois and commercial.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-8258-5962-6
- ^ "Walter Benjamin". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-520-21619-8
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