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Total Refusal
work by Borduas
Also known as: “Refus global”
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French Canadian literature
- In Canadian literature: World War II and the postwar period, 1935–60
…revolutionary manifesto Refus global (1948; Total Refusal). Poet and playwright Claude Gauvreau, one of the signatories of the manifesto, transposed the group’s principles to the written word, while poet and engraver Roland Giguère began writing poetry inspired by both Surrealism and Quebec nationalism. On the political front, in 1950 Pierre…
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