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Manifestoes of Surrealism is a book by André Breton, describing the aims, meaning, and political position of the Surrealist movement. It was published in 1969 by the University of Michigan press. References [ edit ]
- André Breton
- Manifest du Surréalisme
- 1924
- 1924 (original), 1969 (University of Michigan)
Political Position of Surrealism (1935): Extracts Preface (1935) Political Position of Today's Art (1935) Speech to the Congress of Writers (1935) On the Time When the Surrealists Were Right (1935) Surrealist Situation of the Object: Situation of the Surrealist Object (1935): [Lecture Delivered in Prague March 29, 1935]
Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dream, in the disinterested play of thought. It tends to ruin once and for all all other psychic mechanisms and to substitute itself for them in solving all the principal problems of life. [. . .] . . .
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The Surrealist Manifesto refers to a collection of several publications between Yvan Goll and André Breton, prior leaders of the rival Surrealist groups. Goll and Breton had both originally published manifestos in October 1924 titled Manifeste du surréalisme. Breton later wrote a second in 1929, publishing it the following year, with his ...
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 ...
"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.
- Andre Breton
About the author (1969) Andre Breton was born in Normandy, France on 19, 1896 and died on September 28, 1966. Breton was a poet, novelist, philosophical essayist, and art critic. He is considered to be the father of surrealism. From World War I to the 1940s, Breton was at the forefront of the numerous avant-garde activities that centered in Paris.
