The Poetry of Breton (André) (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: André Breton
- First Published: 1921
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Communism or communists, France or French people, Twentieth century, Surrealism, Authors or writers, Literature, Poetry or poets
Critical Evaluation:
A medical student before World War I began, André Breton was conscripted in 1915. After spending a short time in the artillery, he was attached to a French army psychiatric unit and seems to have become interested in Freud and psychoanalysis at that time. During the war he was to come into contact with two other poets, Louis Aragon and Paul Eluard, who for some time were collaborators in the elaboration of Surrealist doctrines. Some parallels between Breton and Guillaume Apollinaire might also be traced back to the years of the war. After corresponding...
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