The Automatic Message: The Magnetic Fields / The Immaculate Conception

André Breton
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This book collects together the two most vital "automatic" texts of Surrealism -- The Magnetic Fields (1919) and The Immaculate Conception (1930) -- with Breton's prefatory essay "The Automatic Message" which relates this technique to the underlying concepts and aesthetic of the Surrealist movement.
Genres: PoetryArtSurrealWritingFranceFiction
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