An Amusing Lack Of Logic Analysis

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Eggener, Keith L. “‘An Amusing Lack of Logic’: Surrealism and Popular Entertainment.” American Art, vol. 7, no. 4, 1993, pp. 31–45. Print.

In “‘An Amusing Lack of Logic’: Surrealism and Popular Entertainment,” Eggener describes the situation of how Surrealism rose to gain popularity in American entertainment with the help of Salvador Dali, yet it almost fell back down with him as well. Surrealism came to America during the 1930s and its journey to popularity was not exactly smooth in the United States until years later with the assistance of Dali (31). The article states that Americans felt that “Surrealism was an irritation to those with growing perceptions of a national art with meaning and dignity” (31). Many people were huge critics of

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