André Breton in Exile: The Poetics of Occultation, 1941-1947

ISBN-13: 9780367881245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Victoria Clouston

Opis

This book traces the trajectory of André Breton's thought and poetic output of 1941-1948. This ground-breaking study establishes his profound intellectual debt to 19th century Romanticism and how Breton held firmly to political thought, moving in his quest for a better world

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Victoria Clouston is an independent scholar based in the UK.