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In the spring of 1919, two young men, André Breton and Philippe Soupault, both in a state of shock after World War I, embarked on an experiment. Sick of the literary cultivation of “voice,” sick of the “well-written,” they wanted to unleash the power of the word and to create “a new morality” to replace “the prevailing morality, the source of all our trials and tribulations.” They had a plan. They would write for a week on every day of the week and they would write fast, as fast as possible, in complete secrecy. When the week was over, the writing would be done. No touching up.
This was how The Magnetic Fields, the first sustained exercise in automatic writing, came to be. Charlotte Mandell’s brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature.
This English-only edition does not include the poems in their original language.
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- Andre Breton - Author
- Philippe Soupault - Author
- Charlotte Mandell - Translator
Kindle Book
- Release date: October 13, 2020
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781681374611
- Release date: October 13, 2020
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781681374611
- File size: 369 KB
- Release date: October 13, 2020
In the spring of 1919, two young men, André Breton and Philippe Soupault, both in a state of shock after World War I, embarked on an experiment. Sick of the literary cultivation of “voice,” sick of the “well-written,” they wanted to unleash the power of the word and to create “a new morality” to replace “the prevailing morality, the source of all our trials and tribulations.” They had a plan. They would write for a week on every day of the week and they would write fast, as fast as possible, in complete secrecy. When the week was over, the writing would be done. No touching up.
This was how The Magnetic Fields, the first sustained exercise in automatic writing, came to be. Charlotte Mandell’s brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature.
This English-only edition does not include the poems in their original language.
![Expand title description text](https://lightning.od-cdn.com/static/img/more.adbfa74d06226b5aa45bbeae240ad19f.png)
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Publisher:
New York Review Books
Kindle Book
Release date: October 13, 2020
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9781681374611
Release date: October 13, 2020
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9781681374611
File size: 369 KB
Release date: October 13, 2020
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Creators
- Andre Breton - Author
- Philippe Soupault - Author
- Charlotte Mandell - Translator
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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English
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