| Title | : | Manifestoes of Surrealism |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0472061828 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780472061822 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1924 |
The translators of this edition were finalists of the 1970 National Book Awards in the category of translation.
Manifestoes of Surrealism Reviews
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one (me) has a crazy dream one day and next thing you know they (me again) turn to surrealism
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"Surrealism is the "invisible ray" which will one day enable us to win out over our opponents. "You are no longer trembling, carcass." This summer the roses are blue; the wood is of glass. The earth, draped in its verdant cloak, makes as little impression upon me as a ghost. It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere."
The Surrealist world is a beautiful place: houses with eggshell roofs, a half-fried egg for a sun hanging from the sky, birds flying and splashing into the sunny yoke and painting the clouds bright yellow, people with mirrors for faces walking down alleys and pathways lined with seashells and coral and strange weeds, talking in symphonies, the world resounding with the sound of music! Anything and everything is possible in the Surrealist world! Secret houses pave the floor of the ocean in which secret people live among mermaids and dolphins! The waters of such oceans turn into honey and milk as they crash on the chocolate shore, where children build castles, children having big, resplendent eyes, children with little wings, children like fairies and forest nymphs, darting in and out of little chocolate rooms. I am besotted with André and his delectable prose and his stunning imagination! The Soluble Fish, a piece of surrealist fiction, sandwiched between two manifestoes in this book, is a quintessential surrealist work; perfectly embodying the ideas of the grand master. It is strange, it is disturbing, it is vivid imagination at its eloquent best!
"I believe in the future resolution of these two states, dream and reality, which are seemingly so contradictory, into a kind of absolute reality, a surreality, if one may so speak. It is in quest of this surreality that I am going..."
The first manifesto, published in 1924, gives a comprehensive outline of the Surrealist agenda. The avant-garde had already expressed his discontent with Realist and Naturalist fiction which resulted in the inception of the schools of Expressionism and Symbolism. But Breton took it up a notch and, though, in veering away from traditional fiction, Surrealism does resemble Expressionism, its underpinnings are slightly different. The Surrealist sees and interprets the world from the eyes of the unconscious. Freudian psychoanalysis and dream-theory had a great influence on Breton who sought to incorporate and apply Freud's theories to literature. Thus, in the first manifesto, he defines Surrealism as:
SURREALISM, n. Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express--verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner--the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern.
ENCYCLOPEDIA. Philosophy. Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dream, in the disinterested play of thought. It tends to ruin once and for all all other psychic mechanisms and to substitute itself for them in solving all the principal problems of life.
To open up the vaults of the unconscious, the Surrealist surrenders complete control over his conscious thought and eases himself into a trance-like state. With a pen in his fingers and a paper on the desk, he becomes a mere medium of expression. Language gushes and spills forth and makes all sorts of associations on the paper without the avant-garde controlling or manipulating anything. This is what Breton calls automatic writing.
"Language has been given to man so that he may make Surrealist use of it."
Surrealist aesthetics and the need for a Surrealist sensibility after WWI forms the subject of the first manifesto. The second manifesto is a kind of a rant in which Breton answers to criticisms and vilifications. A few extracts follow the second manifesto in which the political sympathies of Breton and the Surrealists are explored. Frankly speaking, everything after the The Soluble Fish is tedious, dense and gratuitous. Those interested in the dynamics present between Socialism/Marxism and Surrealism might find these latter extracts useful but even so Breton never speaks in a clear and succinct voice in these excerpts, and his thought is ultimately lost in unnecessary verbiage.
Even so, the first manifesto and the piece of fiction justify their function completely and are a triumph. This is recommended to all those who seek understanding of the Surrealist agenda. Breton, at least in the first half of the book, shall not disappoint.
"And you will see into the bowels of the earth, you will see me more alive than I am now when the boarding saber of the sky threatens me. You will take me farther than I have been able to go, and your arms will be roaring grottoes full of pretty animals and ermines. You will make only a sigh of me, that will go on and on through all the Robinsons of earth. I am not lost to you: I am only apart from what resembles you, on the high seas, where the bird called Heartbreak gives its cry that raises the pommels of ice of which the stars of day are the broken guard." -
Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death, the real and the imagined, past and future, the communicable and the incommunicable, high and low, cease to be perceived as contradictions.
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It will give you a headache at times, it will give you some massive headaches other times. One thing for sure you will get headaches.
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Konzor
Zagreb, 2002.
Preveli: Mirjana Dobović i Zvonimir Mrkonjić
Unutar korica „Francuski nadrealizam I", knjige koju je uredila Višnja Machiedo.
Jezično govoreći dosta konzervativan tekst, uzevši u obzir da se radi o manifestu nadrealizma.
Sadržajno slave se toposi avangarde (ali i cjelokupne fantazofije): djetinstvo, san, ludilo, nekonformizam.
Manifest je isprepleten književnim referencama, uglavnom na romantizam.
Romantizam je bio vrhunac ljudske umjetnosti i kulture, najfantazofskije razdoblje, najotkačenija i najživlja furka ikada.
Spominje se Nerval i Lewisov „Redovnik". Ako niste čuli za francuskog romantičarskog književnika Nervala onda odmah napustite divljinu mojih osvrta!
Nerval je najavio Prousta i Joycea, razvio je tok svijesti i tehniku asocijacije stotinu godina prije njih.
Romantizam je u svemu prvi, svi drugi su u svemu zadnji. Pa tako i nadrealisti. No, bar su se trudili biti poput romantičarskih književnika i umjetnika. Bar nešto.
O važnosti sna u romantizmu pasajte oči na ovome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJoxW..., o važnosti djetinstva u romantizmu pasajte oči pak na ovome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcHLp....
Bretonov povik iz 1924. je da prakticiramo poeziju.
U doba kafkijanske diktature uhljebijata i scijentističko-ekološke strahovlade u kojem svi spuštaju glavu i prave se da je sve u redu takav povik odzvanja, odzvanja mučno, ali glasno.
Možda se pitate što to znači moj hapaks, moje dijete, fantazofija.
Andre Breton je skucao jednu rečenicu koja savršeno opisuje moje čedo, fantazofiju:
„Trebalo je da Kolumbo s luđacima krene u otkrivanje Amerike."
Sve je danas mrtvo.
Te isprazne buljooke oči koje gledam u vlakovima dok putujem na posao, ti razgovori na režimskim televizijskim kanalima, ta bolesna umjetnost koja na krivi i loš način oponaša avangardu....
Ipak ima nade za umjetnost, dovoljno je da shvatimo da je sve mrtvo pa da se zapitamo kako je umrlo,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdsE....
¡Hasta luego mis murcielagos!
Pozdravi iz zemlje Dembelije, iz skrovitog manirističko-romantičarsko-nadrealističkog kutka slobode.
Zanemarite što Breton ne poziva na čitanje Akvinskog u ovom manifestu, čitajte Akvinskog, samo tako će vas nazvati Morpheus i onda izlazite iz matrixa.... -
« Sans imagination, l’homme est misérable. Arraché à la liberté de l’enfance, il se résigne à l’absence de rêve qui caractérise la logique utilitaire de la « vie réelle ». L’imagination est ainsi reléguée dans la folie. Or, Breton estime qu’il faut la réhabiliter, car l’imagination est jouissance et dévoile tous les possibles. L’attitude « réaliste » de l’homme a engendré le roman. Loin de toute créativité, il se contente de décrire le réel insignifiant. L’inconnu y est ramené au connu, pour l’apprivoiser. Les découvertes de Freud pourraient cependant renverser cette logique utilitaire. Les travaux de ce psychologue portent sur le rêve, rectifiant le désintérêt inexplicable des précédentes générations à l’égard d’une activité de l’esprit qui nous occupe autant de temps. La pensée éveillée exerce sur le rêve un contrôle qui ne nous en laisse percevoir que la partie que la mémoire n’a pas opacifiée. Automatiquement, le rêve apparait de prime abord discontinu, dénué de sens. »
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“You are no longer trembling, carcass. This summer the roses are blue; the wood is of glass. The earth, draped in its verdant cloak, makes as little impression upon me as a ghost. It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.”
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These manifestos lay out the politics of the movement better than any of Breton's interpreters, who keep proliferating the cliched that he was "the pop of surrealism."
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qué huea más fome
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El primer manifiesto es GOAT. De ahí en adelante es derrape político con algo de Dalí.
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Meuh, pourquoi Breton ne s'est pas arrêté après le Manifeste du surréalisme-1-emballé-c'est-pesé- tout-est-dit ?
Le surréalisme m'intriguait beaucoup, et comme Nadja m'a fasciné à la deuxième lecture, je devais lire la déclaration d'intention initiale, la pierre d'angle du mouvement !
Le Manifeste du surréalisme m'a ébloui, vraiment, j'ai pris en notes de nombreux passages, j'ai relu plusieurs fois des paragraphes entiers, émerveillée par la vision du Monde de Breton, la fluidité de sa théorie poétique... comme s'il m'ouvrait une porte qui avait toujours été devant mes yeux, sans que j'y prête attention avant. J'ai toujours été très marquée par l'allégorie de la Caverne de Platon, la condamnation philosophique de l'image, la Réalité qu'on abîme en la nommant... André Breton retourne complètement ces vieux enjeux philosophiques en proposant une façon poétique de s'absoudre du carcan réaliste, pour approcher le plus possible la pensée dans sa forme la plus brute. Il y aurait beaucoup à écrire sur ce Premier Manifeste que j'ai trouvé brillant et inspirant.
Que dire du Second Manifeste, qui s'embourbe dans des querelles intestines, des attaques ad hominem et beaucoup de fureur en général. Ça m'a ennuyé, je suis allée chercher Breton du haut de son piédestal pour l'engueuler, t'as tout gâché mec.
Les "Prolégomènes à un troisième manifeste du surréalisme ou non" m'ont laissé ni chaud ni froid également, "Du surréalisme en ses oeuvres vives" rattrape légèrement l'ouvrage en se recentrant sur les techniques surréalistes comme l'écriture automatique, mais reste trop allusif pour que je redevienne scotchée.
Vraiment dommage qu'André Breton n'est pas serré les dents quand son idée du surréalisme a été déviée de son intention initiale par la faute de quelques collègues dissidents, ses ajouts au Premier Manifeste m'ont gâché la vision d'ensemble du livre alors que j'ai vraiment adoré le premier acte fondateur.
tl;dr : lisez le Manifeste original, oubliez la suite. -
Mis pasos hacen surgir monstruos que acechan: aún no demuestran intenciones demasiado amenazadoras hacia mí, y yo no estoy perdido, puesto que los temo. Allí están "los elefantes ginocéfalos y los leones alados" que, un tiempo, Soupault y yo temíamos encontrar; alli también el "pez soluble" que todavía me hace estremecer un poco. ¡PEZ SOLUBLE, no soy acaso yo el pez soluble; nací bajo el signo de Piscis, y el hombre es soluble en su pensamiento! La fauna y la flora del surrealismo son inconfesables.
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verbose, confusing, but enjoyable.
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interesting and headache inducing
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lovely intro to my module!
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j’avoue j’ai lu que le manifeste et pas le reste m’en voulez pas j’ai plus de temps à perdre
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Incredible work of compilation and translation. Also super inspiring. Now I'm off to some dreaming. Night!
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Comment oser attribuer une note à une œuvre aussi phénoménale et aussi importante que les Manifestes du Surréalisme de Breton?
Ce livre a profondément marqué les artistes du XXe siècle et m'a d'ailleurs profondément marqué, de par sa subtilité, la complexité des propos abordés, les idéologies surréalistes auxquelles je m'identifie, et le style de Breton en lui-même. Le texte est certes difficile à assimiler, mais sa compréhension ouvre la porte de la compréhension du Surréalisme en lui-même, raffinant les concepts qui pourraient paraitre étranges, voire comiques à des observateurs externes.
Ce livre a aussi une portée historique que j'appréciai beaucoup : en lisant Breton qui relate ses activités et discussions avec des auteurs et artistes que j'admire et respecte comme Apollinaire ou Dalí et Buñuel, je me sentis immergé dans l'ère de l'entre-guerre, voire l'apogée du cinéma surréaliste. De plus, Breton n’oublie pas de critiquer ses égaux dans le monde littéraire, en particulier ceux qui n'appréciaient pas, voire ceux qui ont délaissé le mouvement, ce qui ajoute un ton sarcastique, presque drôle aux mots employés par l'auteur.
Les Manifestes du Surréalisme ont été un régal à lire et à plonger dans l'Historique du mouvement ainsi que ses idéologies, pour mieux comprendre l'incompréhensible et l'absurde de l'art surréaliste. -
Leí solo el primero y está bien, pero sinceramente no tengo ganas de leer los siguientes. Hasta aquí llegué con Breton (mentira, porque la Facultad me exige leer más).
Sí, hay muchísimas cosas en las que lo apoyo, hay otras en las que creo que es demasiado melodramático. Sobre todo no puedo perdonar que haga una lista de surrealistas y diga "y todas esas mujeres arrebatadoras". Ya sé, "no se puede juzgar un libro de hace cien años con mentalidad actual". Sí se puede, siempre hay lugar para el diálogo y el repensar cuestiones y resignificarlas, sino la humanidad quedaría estancada siempre en el mismo pensamiento. Ni hablemos por favor del comentario de ser "amo de nuestras vidas y de las mujeres".
No, gracias. Nos vemos. -
مانيفست سوررئاليسم رو آندره برتون نوشته. قشنگ نوشته شده. شورانگيزه و يه سخنرانى تمام عياره. مخصوصا كه شوخ طبعى و بامزه بازى هم درش هست. البته نتونست منو سوررئاليست كنه ولى از خوندنش لذت بردم. صادقانه بگم برتون اينو خيلى از رمانش ناديا بهتر نوشته. مخصوصا شروع خيلى زيبا و نفس گيرى داره. هم از خوندنش لذت بردم و هم خيلى در مورد سوررئاليسم چيز يادم داد. چيزهايى كه نمى دونستم رو از دست اولترين منبعش گرفتم. مثلا تاثير انكارناپذير فرويد روى پديدآورنده هاى اين جنبش. مثال هم مياره براى متون سوررئاليستى و اينش خيلى خوبه. كوتاهم هست. مى شه خوند.
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Nowhere near the transcendence of Nadja, this is something best left to historical researchers of surrealism. I'd read the first manifesto before, and it was indeed the sort of thing that gets you thinking, but the rest was mostly dull. Which is a shame, given that some of the high-water marks of literature and the visual arts have been accomplished under these banners. Oh, and as for the long prose-y- poem-y thingy in the middle, "Soluble Fish," it starts off interesting, but as it goes on it draaaaaaaaaaaaags.
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Manifesty surrealismu zdárně praktikuji každý den na záchodě, ale jejich literární podobu jsem kupodivu dlouho odkládal. Guláš to byl ve finále podobnej.
První manifest byl švanda dudák a přesně to, co jsem od této knihy očekával. Druhý manifest mě chvílemi dost iritoval, protože si Breton dost vyléval srdíčko a chvílemi působil jako uražená plačka, nicméně oceňuji nadávku "myšlenková cuchta," zařadím ji do svého slovníku.
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3/5 Stars (%66/100)
I enjoy Surrealist paintings and this book explains the values and aims of Surrealism in detail. Breton's writing style is really good and even though Surrealism is a very difficult thing to grasp, some things make more sense after reading this. However, I got bored from time to time because it is very tiring to read and it is long in general. This book allows you to enjoy Surrealist paintings and texts more than before. -
I have been rereading this with my students and I find much to enjoy here. Sometimes Breton is a blowhard, sure, but isn't that part of the pleasure? The "Before/After" section is priceless in that regard. But sometimes Breton speaks good sense, as when he defends the free practice of art as against ideology to a conference of the communist party.
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Un libro sobrecargado con múltiples ideas; la necesidad de entender los sueños; La búsqueda de un objetivo claro para la ciencia, que no la gaste en causas secundarias, en fin. Todo esto como forma de buscar un entendimiento de nuestra alma, que trate de mitigar las oscuras fuerzas que se debaten el interior de ésta.
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An inspiring piece of work. Taking Freud's theories and highlighting surrealist elements in works of painters and poets, Breton argues for the superiority of the irrational and the necessity of the marvelous. Because humanity won't ever be bored by their dreams, the overlapping of the conscious and unconscious in contemporary art, poetry and theater still makes surrealism relevant.
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SO HARD
A V HARD BOOK -
Entre las teorías freudianas y las imágenes oníricas de los cuadros de Dalí.
Breton es pesado.
