René Magritte: Selected Writings - Softcover

René Magritte (1898-1967) was an internationally renowned Belgian Surrealist painter who also wrote prolifically on art and other subjects.

Jo Levy was a British translator whose translations include Alain Robbe-Grillet’s Ghosts in the Mirror, Hélène Cixous’s Angst, Louis Aragon’s The Libertine, and Arthur Adamov’s Man and Child.

Kathleen Rooney is senior lecturer of English and creative writing at DePaul University. She is the author of eight books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.

Eric Plattner is an adjunct professor of writing, rhetoric, and discourse at DePaul University.

"To the aesthete who insists on allowing a single work to speak for itself, Magritte is thinking ahead of you."—Full Stop

"To be able to read Magritte’s thoughts on Surrealism, on mainstream and avant- garde art, as well as his fictional and filmic texts, is both delightful and informative.  The goal of Surrealism is to liberate the imagination, and this collection will bring readers a step closer to realizing that goal."—Rain Taxi

"Effectively expands the interpretive lens through which to consider the artist’s work, releasing Magritte’s artistic successes both from the confines of his paintings alone as well as from his limited subscription to mainstream Surrealism and its tenets."—The Brooklyn Rail

"This volume will act as a useful resource for anyone studying the reception of Surrealism on the American West Coast in the 1940s, as well as those interested in Copley’s art."—The Burlington Magazine

"Throughout the four decades and various modes of writing covered by these Selected Writings, there is one intuition consistently maintained: For Magritte, art was not reflection on reality but an alternative to it, thanks to which we can see reality as strange."—Hyperallergic