Manifestoes of Surrealism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
by Andre Breton, Richard Seaver, Helen R. Lane
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Author: Andre Breton, Helen R. Lane, Richard SeaverEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1969-06-15
ISBN: 0472061828
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
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Book Review: A timeless triumph of the Surrealist spirit
Summary: 5 Stars
"Manifestoes of Surrealism" is an extraordinary book that defines the timeless vitality of the Surrealist spirit. Speaking as a supreme oracle of Surrealist enlightenment, Breton gives us the keys to freedom from the limitations of reason, morality and aesthetic concerns. He instructs us on how to become a total Surrealist that no censorship or logic will ever stop. The texts in this volume take us into a realm where all taboos become taboo, where it is forbidden to forbid. Surrealism is defined not merely as a literary, artistic or philosophical movement, but as an explosion of the social order and a transformation of life itself. The opening section of the book is the original "Manifesto of Surrealism" from 1924. This text is the earliest formulation of the essence of the classical Surrealist spirit in its purest form. The next section, entitled "Soluble Fish," makes use of automatic writing and shows that the dream is the great vocabulary of Surrealism. The latter half of the book includes the "Second Manifesto of Surrealism" and a number of more politically oriented tracts which illustrate Breton's attempts to reconcile Surrealism with communism, an effort that ultimately proved to be untenable. What is exciting about this book is its revolutionary approach to life and its uncompromising nonconformist stance. It is a book ideally suited for the poet and the samurai, the lover and the disciple, the astronaut and the valkyrie. With these texts, Breton has tapped into the most impossible reaches of the mind and spirit, and his contribution must not be underestimated.
Summary of Manifestoes of Surrealism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
Presents the essential ideas of the founder of French surrealism
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