This book collects together the two most vital "automatic" texts of Surrealism -- The Magnetic Fields and The Immaculate Conception -- with Breton's prefatory essay "The Automatic Message" which relates this technique to the underlying concepts and aesthetic of the Surrealist movement.
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Atlas Press
Release
April 20, 1998
ISBN
0947757996
ISBN 13
9780947757991
The Automatic Message: The Magnetic Fields / The Immaculate Conception
This book collects together the two most vital "automatic" texts of Surrealism -- The Magnetic Fields and The Immaculate Conception -- with Breton's prefatory essay "The Automatic Message" which relates this technique to the underlying concepts and aesthetic of the Surrealist movement.