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Manifestoes of Surrealism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) Paperback – January 1, 1969

by Andre Breton (Author), Richard Seaver (Translator), Helen R. Lane (Translator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
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Presents the essential ideas of the founder of French surrealism

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“…as rich, lively, and stimulatingly sensitive a book as the truly catholic lover of the arts could desire.”
– Publishers Weekly

“A magnificent translation of Breton’s collected pronunciamientos, 1924-53.”
– New Yorker

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0472061828
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Michigan Press (January 1, 1969)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780472061822
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0472061822
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.38 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 107 ratings

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kathleen seltzer
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2018
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the book was fine but not what i wanted returning was easy
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shawe
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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good read - informative
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simo0024@tc.umn.edu
5.0 out of 5 stars A timeless triumph of the Surrealist spirit
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 1998
"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.
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Anne Phillips
3.0 out of 5 stars The fallible point
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018
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The book contains exactly what the title promises: Manifestoes of Surrealism and then some."Soluble Fish", for example. While the book's title leads you (me) to believe there are "only" Breton's various iterations of the manifesto, there are reactions and comments by Breton's contemporaries (Eluard, Dali, Max Ernst, Aragon). I am baffled by the decision to print the chapters in different fonts - yes, this emphasizes the fact that these pronouncement were made over a span of thirty-plus years BUT everything has been translated and is made to fit on a modern page. Overall, probably only something for a serious aficionado of Breton (there really are those somewhere) and all others are likely better served elsewhere.
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Thomas Crapaud
5.0 out of 5 stars Two Words - Soluble Fish
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022
The manifestos and the other texts are fine and will teach you what Breton and the gang were thinking back then but what I really, really love is the surrealist text sandwiched in the middle of this volume, Soluble Fish. If that is surrealism, I'm in. It is just fun stuff. I'm a poet and I've carried this volume around everywhere; I've gone through two copies, just for Soluble Fish. I read and reread sections to inspire me. It helps to knock stuff loose. Really recommend it. Not because it's full of pithy life changing ideas but because it's just fun with words. And where did it all come from? So cool.
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Jobson
2.0 out of 5 stars Go to a library....
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2001
Basically, if you can get past the terse text you will find a very, very out-dated system of thought. Andre Breton may have been revolutionary then, but now it is just a re-hash of an old, dilapitated art school that has nothing more to say.
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Trixxie
5.0 out of 5 stars A very necessary work for deep understanding of the surrealist movement.
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020
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Brand new copy of an old favorite of my undergraduate days.A necessity for the understanding of the surrealist movement.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2015
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this book is the choice of my daughter who is in pursuit of the subject matter. She thinks this may help her to express her feelings in art ...She is a person with a Bipolar Mental health Disorder.I commend her for her search for expression in a way that shows individuality and perhaps a unique view of how we are becoming who we are.
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Steven James
5.0 out of 5 stars A master
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