André Breton (Critical Survey of Poetry)
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André Breton published many experimental works during his career, some of which were written in collaboration with friends. Les Champs magnétiques (1921; magnetic fields), the first Surrealist text to employ the technique of “automatic” writing, was done with Philippe Soupault. L’Immaculée Conception (1930; immaculate conception), an attempt to simulate the thought processes of various types of insanity, was written with Paul Éluard. Among the basic Surrealist...
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