1st Edition
Andr�reton in Exile The Poetics of "Occultation", 1941�1947
By Victoria Clouston
Copyright 2018
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
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 from 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... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: Breton’s Poetic Quest: With Pierre Mabille, June–July 1940
Chapter 2: Transit Marseilles: August 1940–March 1941
Chapter 3: Arrival New York: The New Direction
Chapter 4: Looking Back to the Future: Breton, Hugo, and the Poet as 'Seer'
Chapter 5: Arcane 17: Towards Mythical Harmony
Chapter 6: L’Ode à Charles Fourier: A New Social Perspective in the Wake of the 'Great Visionaries'
Chapter 7: Breton’s Situation 'at the Eye of a Storm'
Conclusion
Biography
Victoria Clouston is an independent scholar based in the UK.
