An edition of The Magnetic Fields (1994)

The Magnetic Fields

(Les Champs magnétiques)

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An edition of The Magnetic Fields (1994)

The Magnetic Fields

(Les Champs magnétiques)

3 Revised edition
  • 0 Ratings
  • 4 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

Les Champs magnétiques (The Magnetic Fields) is a book by André Breton and Philippe Soupault. It is famed as the first work of literary Surrealism. Published in 1920, the authors used a surrealist automatic writing technique.

The book is considered Surrealist, rather than Dadaist, because it attempts to create something new rather than react to an existing work.

Les Champs magnetiques is characterised by rich textured language that often seems to border on the nonsensical. This is considered a "normal" result of automatic writing and is considerably more logical than the output from other Surrealist techniques, such as "exquisite corpse" (a method whereby each of a group of collaborators, in sequence, adds words or images to a composition).

The division between chapters was the point where the writers stopped writing at the end of the day. The next chapter was started the following morning.

Breton gave many interviews about the creation of the book.

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Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Language
English
Pages
114

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London, Britain, UK

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ2603.R35 C4713 1985, PQ2603.R35C4713 1985

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
114
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8473257M
ISBN 10
0947757031
ISBN 13
9780947757038
LCCN
95128036
Library Thing
297297
Goodreads
784977

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