Surrealism and Dream: Chris Van Allsburg's Picturebooks

  • Joanne Canow University of British Columbia

Abstract

For Van Allsburg, surrealism is a conscious reference to an historical avant-garde movement. His stylistic referencing places him in the historical context of Western European art history.

Author Biography

Joanne Canow, University of British Columbia
Javid Beagley is Lecturer in Children's Literature and Literacy at La Trobe University's Bendigo campus, Victoria, Australia, where he teaches units in Genres, History, Australian and Post-colonial children's literature. He has previously taught in secondary schools, and has been a school and university librarian.
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