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A prose poem by André Breton dated the morning of 8 May, 1946.
Published for the first time in Section One of previously unpublished writings in the Œuvres complètes, Volume III, this prose poem is dated the morning of 8 May 1946. Written on the anniversary of the armistice, which André Breton celebrated in his own way by exalting liberation in poetry, as opposed to the regressive texts – poetically speaking – of certain former comrades promoted as Resistance poets. This prose poem takes up the thread of automatism and gives us one of his most fluid poems.
Autograph manuscript signed 8 May 1946. - Signed autograph manuscript of a prose poem, 8 May 1946.
Text handwritten by Breton in blue ink on an envelope.
“The evening is a spade in the hands of a god. What he throws behind him onto the land falls upon little glass castles where star-coloured chambermaids perform...”
Œuvres complètes, Volume III, Inédits I, pages 342 et 343. [Sale Catalogue, 2003]
Bibliography
André Breton (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Marie-Claire Dumas, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), Inédits I, Œuvres complètes, tome III, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1999, pages 342 et 343.
Creation date | 08-mai-46 |
Bibliographical material | Bibliographical material 1 envelope 9 x 16.5 cm handwritten in blue ink. |
Date of publication | 1946 |
Languages | French |
Physical description | Ms - dos d'enveloppe |
Size | 9,00 x 16,50 cm |
Reference | 493000 |
Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2270 |
Keywords | Poetry, Dream, Automatic Writing |
Categories | Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100175740 |