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Title: Best book (and little known) on the subject
Review: I read this book years ago, and just recently happened upon it in a college library. Alquie's determination not to dismiss the philosophy of Surrealism as mere hedonistic tripe or pseudo-thought is inspiring, and he writes with a language that isvibrant and alive.We see the innumerable misinterpretations of the incandescent, sometimes impossible hope of the surrealist--Breton being taken for a Satanist, Nadja a glorified lunatic, etc--and Alquie does a slick job of essentially saying that while the surrealist philosophy (the ultimate combination of the real and the imaginary) may not be possible, it is worth dedicating a lifetime too. He redeems what to an outsider or skeptic may seem flowery (and surrealism is anything but) nonsense. Just by itself, this is one hell of a book and wonderfully written. Better than the flashy, picture filled garbage we see so much nowadays.
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