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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Studies in Surrealism |
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Ashgate studies in surrealism.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; 1 Breton's poetic quest: With Pierre Mabille, June-July 1940 ; 1. André Breton: "the great undesirable"; 2. The new route to action: the role and influence of Pierre Mabille; 3. Pleine marge; 4. Hermeticism, myth and "the sublime point"; Notes; 2 Transit Marseilles: August 1940-March 1941 ; 1. The Villa Air-Bel community; 2. Fata Morgana; 3. Surrealist games and collaborative projects at the Villa Air-Bel |
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4. Wifredo Lam and the development of Surrealist influenceNotes; 3 Arrival in New York: The new direction ; 1. "The meeting" -- Claude Lévi-Strauss; 2. Encounter with Aimé Césaire; 3. "The place"; 4. New York -- a failed rendezvous; 5. Prolégomènes à un troisième manifeste ou non: new beginnings?; Notes; 4 Looking back to the future: Breton, Hugo, and the poet as "seer" ; 1. Breton's re-discovery of Victor Hugo; 2. Hermeticism and occultism; 3. The poet as "seer"; 4. Les États Généraux; 4.1 Il y aura; 4.2 toujours; 4.3 une pelle; 4.4 au vent; 4.5 dans les sables; 4.6 du rêve; Notes |
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5 Arcane 17: Towards mythical harmony 1. Novalis and Nerval -- towards the myth of Isis; 1.1 Novalis's path; 1.2 The connection with Gérard de Nerval, poet of dreams; 2. The role of the myth; 2.1 The myth of Isis; 2.2 The merging myth of Mélusine; 3. Darkness -- the crucible for metamorphosis; 3.1 'Alchemy of the word'; 3.2 Romanticism in nocturnal geography; 4. Reception of the text; 5. Conclusion; Notes; 6 L'Ode à Charles Fourier: A new social perspective in the wake of the "great visionaries" ; 1. The route to Charles Fourier and the Ode; 1.1 In praise of marginality |
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2. The Hopi Indian culture -- a real utopia?3. For an "edenic future"; 4. Conclusion; Notes; 7 Breton's situation at "the eye of a storm"; 1. Breton's "dark light" versus Magritte's "Surrealism in broad daylight"; 2. Postwar politics and the fight for symbolic domination; 3. The future of Surrealism: a new myth?; 4. Georges Bataille -- in defence of poetry as myth; 5. Martinique charmeuse de serpents -- a justification of the exile years; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Following the journey of André Breton, the leader of the Surrealist movement, into exile during the second world war, the author of this book traces the trajectory of his thought and poetic output of 1941-1948. Through a close examination of the major - and as yet little studied - works written during these years, she demonstrates how Breton's quest for "a new myth" for the postwar world led him to widen his enquiry into hermeticism, myth, and the occult. This ground-breaking study establishes Breton's profound intellectual debt to 19th-century Romanticism, its literature and thought, revealing how it defined his understanding of hermeticism and the occult, and examining the differences between the two. It shows how, having abandoned political action on leaving the Communist Party in 1935, Breton nonetheless held firmly to political thought, moving in his quest for a better world via Hermes Trismegistus across the utopian ideas of Charles Fourier and the "magical" practices of the Hopi Indians. The author finally reveals Breton's misreading of the situation in postwar Paris on his return in 1946, and his failure to communicate the span of his ideas for creating a better society while at the same time maintaining a close connection between art and life."--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Breton, André, 1896-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Breton, André, 1896-1966 fast |
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Occultism in literature.
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Surrealism (Literature)
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Surrealist.
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Occultism in literature
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Surrealism (Literature)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317181248 |
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1317181247 |
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