Magnetic Fields by Andre Breton (English) Paperback Book

Description: Magnetic Fields by Andre Breton, Philippe Soupault An indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation Breton and Soupaults experiment with automatic writing, also the first known work of literary Surrealism. This edition includes the original French text.An indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupaults experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary surrealism.In the spring of 1919, two young men, Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault, both in a state of shock after World War I, embarked on an experiment. Sick of the literary cultivation of "voice," sick of the "well-written," they wanted to unleash the power of the word and to create "a new morality" to replace "the prevailing morality, the source of all our trials and tribulations." They had a plan. They would write for a week on every day of the week and they would write fast, as fast as possible, in complete secrecy. When the week was over, the writing would be done. No touching up.This was how The Magnetic Fields, the first sustained exercise in automatic writing, came to be. Charlotte Mandells brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Andre Breton (1896-1966) was a writer, poet, and co-founder of the surrealist movement. A student of psychiatry and a devout Marxist, Breton saw surrealism as the ultimate means to liberation both personal and political.Philippe Soupault (1897-1990) was a co-founder of the surrealist movement alongside Andre Breton. Soupault left surrealism behind following political disagreements with Breton, remaining a lifelong writer.Charlotte Mandell is a translator of French literature. She has published numerous translations of writers including Jean Genet, Guy de Maupassant, and Gustave Flaubert. She has been awarded a translation prize from the Modern Language Association and the National Translation Award in Prose. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York. Review "With distance, a sort of unity has established itself, and The Magnetic Fields have become the work of a single author with two heads. This double gaze has made it possible, as nothing else would, for Philippe Soupault and André Breton to push forward on the path where no one had preceded them, into these shadows where they were both speaking aloud." —Louis Aragon"Fantastic, disconnected but vivid and poetic as though Breton and Soupault were seeing sea life at the bottom of the oceans floor: very few of us have the intensity of spirit to live with that sense of life." —Kimberly Lyons"The Magnetic Fields opened the verbal floodgates for the writers aligned first with Dada and then with Surrealism: Breton, Soupault, Paul Eluard, Louis Aragon, Robert Desnos, Benjamin Peret." —Christopher Merrill, Los Angeles Times"Breton and Soupault ushered a freshly new phenomenon of writing into being. Theirs remains the key 20th century collaboration. . . Going forward there was acknowledged precedent for the validity of jointly recording words onto the page as they come, whether borrowed, imagined or otherwise summoned forth from whatever depths." —Patrick James Dunagan, Periodicities Promotional An indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupaults experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary surrealism. This edition includes the original French text. Review Quote "With distance, a sort of unity has established itself, and The Magnetic Fields have become the work of a single author with two heads. This double gaze has made it possible, as nothing else would, for Philippe Soupault and Andr Promotional "Headline" An indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupaults experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary surrealism. This edition includes the original French text. Details ISBN1681374609 Author Philippe Soupault Pages 128 Publisher The New York Review of Books, Inc Year 2020 ISBN-10 1681374609 ISBN-13 9781681374604 Format Paperback Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 843.912 Imprint NYRB Poets Language English UK Release Date 2020-10-13 Publication Date 2020-10-13 AU Release Date 2020-10-13 NZ Release Date 2020-10-13 US Release Date 2020-10-13 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151499883;

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