Surrealism: The Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia
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| - | [[Walter Benjamin]]'s [[1929]] essay "[[Surrealism: The Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia]]" (German: "Der Surrealismus. Die letzte Momentaufnahme der europaischen Intelligenz") introduced the concept of [[profane illumination]]. | + | "'''Surrealism: The Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia'''" (1929, German: "Der Surrealismus. Die letzte Momentaufnahme der europaischen Intelligenz") is an essay by [[Walter Benjamin]] . It introduced the concept of [[profane illumination]]. |
| The essay charts the birth of then nascent surrealism scene from a German perspective and meanders through Breton's ''[[Nadja]]'' and Lautréamont's ''[[The Songs of Maldoror]]''. | The essay charts the birth of then nascent surrealism scene from a German perspective and meanders through Breton's ''[[Nadja]]'' and Lautréamont's ''[[The Songs of Maldoror]]''. | ||
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"Surrealism: The Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia" (1929, German: "Der Surrealismus. Die letzte Momentaufnahme der europaischen Intelligenz") is an essay by Walter Benjamin . It introduced the concept of profane illumination.
The essay charts the birth of then nascent surrealism scene from a German perspective and meanders through Breton's Nadja and Lautréamont's The Songs of Maldoror.
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