Paul Eluard holds a special place in the hearts of fellow French patriots. He is known, appreciated, and remembered for his great compassion in the face of the suffering and human adversity caused by ...
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In the following essay, Benoit provides an overview of central themes of Eluard's poetry during various phases of his life and career.
The school of surrealism arising in 1924 between two co...
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In the following essay, Showalter discusses Eluard's poetry in the context of three key events in his life: a trip around the world in 1924, the dissolution of his marriage in 1930, and his bre...
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In the following essay, Nugent discusses Eluard's love poetry in terms of the surrealist aesthetic.
I the Experience of Love
Eluard is perhaps best known as a love poet. Love, as a central t...
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In the following essay, Wayne discusses Eluard's most famous line of poetry: “The world is blue like an orange.”
Eluard's most famous line, “La terre est bleue co...
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In the following essay, York examines the recurring image of “woman as landscape” throughout Eluard's oeuvre.
This paper seeks to place the image of woman as landscape, frequen...
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In the following essay, Assa discusses Les Malheurs des immortels, a collaborative work of Eluard and Max Ernst, as a “true surrealist collaboration” which addresses some of the key ques...
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In the following essay, Conley discusses the representation of women in L'Immaculée conception, a book of surrealist poetry co-written by Eluard and André Breton.
For Andre Bre...
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In the following essay, Strauss discusses modern theories of subjectivity and vision in terms of the early surrealist poetry of Eluard and André Breton.
In 1975, clinical psychologists Micha...
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Eugene Grindel
Critical Essay by Leroy J. Benoit
