JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
I've remarked on this blog several times on the work of the fabulist proto-surrealist (etc.) J.J. Grandville (for example, here), and today I'd like to return again to his soaring Un Autre Monde (published in 1844) for the work he did in satirizing conventions by reversing their orders, presenting common entities in their "opposite"position. (Perhaps "opposite" is a too far-reaching word, perhaps "contrary" is more appropriate in these cases--for now, either will do.)
And a final word, an ending statement, from the artist ("I.I. G"), dressed as a fool, lampooning his profession, dancing upside down between gateposts topped with pen nibs:
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