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Sep 5, 2023 · Summary. Last Updated September 5, 2023. Andre Breton's Manifesto of Surrealism (1924) discusses the idea that we "are living under the reign of logic." Breton talks about humankind's imagination ...
Manifesto of Surrealism (1924) So strong is the belief in life, in what is most fragile in life – real life, I mean – that in the end this belief is lost. Man, that inveterate dreamer, daily more discontent with his destiny, has trouble assessing the objects he has been led to use, objects that his nonchalance has brought his way, or that he has earned through his own efforts, almost ...
May 16, 2019 · Manifestoes of surrealism by Breton, André, 1896-1966. Publication date 1972 Topics Surrealism Publisher Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press Collection
Manifestoes of Surrealism is a collection of written works by André Breton, who is often credited as the leader of the Surrealists, especially in the movement's early years. The book opens with the first "Manifesto of Surrealism," written in 1924, which outlined the philosophical underpinnings of the movement and Breton's reasons for believing ...
Manifesto of surrealism (1924) Soluble fish (1924) Preface for the new edition of the second manifesto (1946) Second manifesto of surrealism (1930) A letter to seers (1925) Political position of surrealism (extracts) Prolegomena to a third surrealist manifesto or not (1942) On surrealism in its living works (1953).
SURREALISM, n. Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express — verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner — the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by the thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern.
"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.
- André Breton
