The Magnetic Fields
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An indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupault''s experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary surrealism. In the spring of...
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An indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupault''s experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary surrealism. In the spring of 1919, two young men, André 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 Mandell’s brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature.
Detaljer
Forlag
NYRB Poets
ISBN
9781681374604
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
128
Udgivelsesdato
13-10-2020
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3389090
EAN nr.
9781681374604
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.