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The 167 pages that link to Surrealism, each with the reason it gives.

• Magical realismCompared with: Surrealism makes strangeness conspicuous, while magical realism often embeds it in ordinary life.

• Abstract artCompared with: Surrealism often distorts recognizable subjects rather than abandoning them.

• FantasyCompared with: Surrealism departs from ordinary reality through dream logic rather than fantasy’s often coherent invented rules.

• Frida KahloCompared with: Breton claimed Kahlo for the movement, while she described painting her own reality.

• Situationist InternationalCompared with: The Situationists inherited surrealism’s revolt against ordinary life but criticized its retreat into artistic identity.

• The Garden of Earthly DelightsCompared with: Bosch’s fantasies resemble later surrealist imagery, but arose from a different religious world.

• Neo-DadaCompared with: Neo-Dada’s found-object practice recalls Surrealist assemblage but emphasizes ordinary life and artistic conventions.

• Symbolism in ArtCompared with: Surrealist images can resemble symbolic puzzles, though their meanings need not follow stable conventions.

• OulipoCompared with: Oulipo shared avant-garde ambitions but favored deliberate rules over psychic automatism.

• Tristan TzaraCompared with: Surrealism emerged from conflicts in the Paris Dada circle that included Tzara and Breton.

• Tarsila do AmaralCompared with: Her dreamlike landscapes invite comparison, though her work was not simply part of Surrealism.

• The Elephant ManCompared with: The film’s realism contrasts with the dreamlike imagery Lynch later made central to his work.

• Jean PaulhanCompared with: Surrealist attacks on established language sharpened the problem Paulhan explored: whether writing can escape convention.

• Alejandro González IñárrituCompared with: Bardo draws on dreamlike imagery while remaining tied to autobiographical memory, unlike surrealism's broader artistic program.

• Edith SitwellCompared with: Its broader movement differs from Sitwell’s sound-driven, often satirical experiments.

• Alejo CarpentierCompared with: Carpentier’s account of American marvelous reality diverged from surrealism’s deliberate construction of the extraordinary.

• Metaphysical paintingCompared with: Surrealists adopted metaphysical painting’s uncanny imagery but pursued different theories of dreams and the unconscious.

• Mo YanCompared with: Mo Yan’s fantastic episodes usually remain embedded in recognizable historical and rural settings.

• Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and HummingbirdCompared with: Kahlo’s symbolic imagery resembles Surrealism, though she resisted being defined as a Surrealist.

• The Kingdom of This WorldCompared with: Carpentier distinguished the marvelous rooted in American history from surrealist invention.

• Víctor EriceCompared with: The Spirit of the Beehive evokes uncanny feeling through realism and ambiguity rather than overt surrealist disruption.

• Léon DamasCompared with: Surrealism shared anticolonial affinities with Négritude but pursued a distinct artistic program.

• LettrismCompared with: Lettrism redirected avant-garde revolt from surrealist imagery toward letters and sounds.

• PoetismCompared with: Nezval later joined Surrealism, whose psychological aims diverged from Poetism's outward-facing pleasures.

• Saint-John PerseCompared with: Perse’s deliberate, stately rhetoric differs from surrealism’s emphasis on psychic automatism.

• Ero guroCompared with: Both can distort bodies and expectations, but ero guro foregrounds erotic and grotesque transgression.

• List of literary movementsCompared with: Its dream logic offers a sharp alternative to realist representation.

• UnanimismCompared with: Surrealism turns inward toward unconscious imagery, unlike Unanimism’s attention to social groups.

• Vienna School of Fantastic RealismCompared with: Both movements use dream imagery, but Fantastic Realism emphasizes meticulous traditional rendering.