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Breton, André, 1896-1966

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1896-02-18 - 1966-09-28

Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:

The Art of Interference / Caws, Mary Ann ; Duchamp M ; Lora-Totino A ; Ulrichs T ; Finlay IH ; Arakawa ; Gins M ; Breton A ; Gomringer E ; Ray M ; Jabes E., 1989

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Identifier: CC-19812-20199
Scope and Contents

Consists of a collection of critical essays previously published in academic periodicals. Her chapter, "Edging and Hedging" analyzes concrete poems by Lora-Totino (Spazio), Ulrichs (Eros), Gomringer (Silenzio), and Finlay ( The Wartime Garden). Caws analyzes the varient works of concrete poetry by the Frenchmen Lionel Ray and Edmond Jabes that she designates optical poetry as related to reading of the poems not to their optical imagery as in the typings of Dom Sylvester Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Avant-Garde Today / Russell, Charles, editor ; Acker K ; Apollinaire G ; Aragon L ; Arp J ; Artaud A ; Baader J ; Ball H ; Baudelaire C ; Boccioni U ; Brecht B ; Breton A ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; Carra C ; Cortazar J ; Dali S ; DeVree P ; Derrida J ; Eluard P ; Ernst M ; Federman R ; Gass W ; Gomringer E ; Grosz G ; Hausmann R ; Herzfelde W ; Hoch H ; Huelsenbeck R ; Cabrera-Infante G ; Ionesco E ; Janco M ; Jandl E ; Jarry A ; Joyce J ; Kamensky V ; Kafka F ; Kristeva J ; Magritte R ; Mallarme S ; Masson A ; Mayakovsky V ; Mayrocker F ; Murdoch I ; Musil R ; Paz O ; Peret B ; Picasso P ; Ray M ; Rimbaud A ; Roche D ; Roche M ; Ruhm G ; Russolo L ; Sarduy S ; Severini G ; Sollers P ; Sukenick R ; Tzara T ; Valery P ; Yeats W., 1985

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Identifier: CC-53760-50930
Scope and Contents After introducing the theory and historical background of the avant-garde, this book examines the major figures and movements from Rimbaud, Apollinaire, and Italian Futurism, through Dada and surrealism, Mayakovsky, Russian Futurism and Brecht, to the post-modernist writers Burroughs, Robbe-Grillet, and Pynchon. This book also includes a section of political poetry such as "The Future of Socialism" by Helmut Heissenbuttel below.nobody exploitsnobody oppressesnobody is exploitednobody is oppressednobody wins anythingnobody loses anythingnobody is masternobody is slavenobody is superiornobody is subordinatenobody owes anything to younobody does anything to younobody owns nothingnobody exploits nobodynobody oppresses nobodynobody is exploited by nobodynobody is oppressed by nobodynobody wins nothingnobody loses nothingnobody is master of nobodynobody is slave of nobodynobody is superior to nobodynobody is subordinate to nobodynobody owes anything to nobodynobody does anything to...
Dates: 1985

The Avant-Garde Today / Russell, Charles, editor ; Acker K ; Apollinaire G ; Aragon L ; Arp J ; Artaud A ; Baader J ; Ball H ; Baudelaire C ; Boccioni U ; Brecht B ; Breton A ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; Carra C ; Cortazar J ; Dali S ; DeVree P ; Derrida J ; Eluard P ; Ernst M ; Federman R ; Gass W ; Gomringer E ; Grosz G ; Hausmann R ; Herzfelde W ; Hoch H ; Huelsenbeck R ; Cabrera-Infante G ; Ionesco E ; Janco M ; Jandl E ; Jarry A ; Joyce J ; Kamensky V ; Kafka F ; Kristeva J ; Magritte R ; Mallarme S ; Masson A ; Mayakovsky V ; Mayrocker F ; Murdoch I ; Musil R ; Paz O ; Peret B ; Picasso P ; Ray M ; Rimbaud A ; Roche D ; Roche M ; Ruhm G ; Russolo L ; Sarduy S ; Severini G ; Sollers P ; Sukenick R ; Tzara T ; Valery P ; Yeats W., 1985

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Identifier: CC-54080-614301
Scope and Contents After introducing the theory and historical background of the avant-garde, this book examines the major figures and movements from Rimbaud, Apollinaire, and Italian Futurism, through Dada and surrealism, Mayakovsky, Russian Futurism and Brecht, to the post-modernist writers Burroughs, Robbe-Grillet, and Pynchon. This book also includes a section of political poetry such as "The Future of Socialism" by Helmut Heissenbuttel below.nobody exploitsnobody oppressesnobody is exploitednobody is oppressednobody wins anythingnobody loses anythingnobody is masternobody is slavenobody is superiornobody is subordinatenobody owes anything to younobody does anything to younobody owns nothingnobody exploits nobodynobody oppresses nobodynobody is exploited by nobodynobody is oppressed by nobodynobody wins nothingnobody loses nothingnobody is master of nobodynobody is slave of nobodynobody is superior to nobodynobody is subordinate to nobodynobody owes anything to nobodynobody does anything to...
Dates: 1985

The Colour of Everything / Heart Fine Art ; Aragon L ; Andre C ; Artaud A ; Audiberti J ; Breton A ; Eluard P ; Jorn A ; Peret B ; Acconci V ; Art & Language ; Beuys J ; Buren D ; Darboven H ; Garnier P ; Knizak M ; Kosuth J ; Nauman B ; Ruscha E ; Weiner L., 2002

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Identifier: CC-38887-40813
Scope and Contents

Consists of 2 lists: part 1 - Apparently the Known Universe Is Not in Turquoise after All and part 2 - In Fact the Cosmorama is Clothed in Beige. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

The Immaculate Conception / Eluard, Paul ; Breton, Andre ; Jon Graham, translator., 1990

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Identifier: CC-13381-13682
Scope and Contents

First published in French in 1930. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Poetry of Dada and Surrealism: Aragon Breton Tzara Eluard & Desnos / Caws, Mary Ann ; Aragon L ; Breton A ; Tzara T ; Eluard P ; Desnos R., 1970

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Identifier: CC-19803-20190
Scope and Contents

Caws "emphasizes the thematic continuity rather than the theoretical differences between Surrealism & Dada" & the five major poets of the movements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

The Secret Life of Words: Poetry Exercises and Activities / Franco, Betsy ; Damon, Maria ; Bernstein C ; Nichol bp ; Carroll L ; Mayer B ; Perec G ; Queneau R ; Sondheim A ; Breton A ; Eluard P ; Bayer K ; Grumman B ; Joans T ; Smart C., 2000

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Identifier: CC-37438-39291
Scope and Contents

Although this book is compiled for students in grades 3 to 6, the level of the work and poetic references are also suitable for a more sophisticated audience. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Writer's Brush; Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers / Friedman, Donald ; Gass W ; Updike J ; Acker K ; Apollinaire G ; Artaud A ; Breton A ; Bukowski C ; Corso G ; Ferlinghetti L ; Ford CH ; Ginsberg A ; Gorey E ; Jacob M ; Ionesco E ; Jones D ; Kerouac J ; Lear E ; Lethem J ; Lewis WP ; McClure M ; Michaux H ; Miller H ; Nabakov V ; Patchen K ; Plath S ; Prevert J ; Proust M ; Rexroth K ; Rimbaud A ; Simic C ; Steadman R ; Thomas D ; Verlaine P ; Vonnegut KJr ; Arp H ; Baraka A ; Blake W ; Burroughs WS ; Carroll L ; Cocteau J ; cummings ee ; Darger H ; Davenport G ; DosPassos J ; Dostoevsky F ; Duncan R ; Jarry A ; Kafka F ; Mayakovsky V ; McCullough C ; Smith Pa ; Spiegelman A ; Yeats WB ; Eggers D ; Marquez GG ; Joans T ; Katchor B ; Kesey K ; Lax R ; Merton T ; Perec G ; Queneau R ; Silverstein S ; Ware C ; Wakoski D., 2007

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Identifier: CC-47385-68382
Scope and Contents William H. Gass and John Updike contributed critical essays. Publishers Weekly 2007 "In this hefty volume, novelist Friedman takes a look at the artwork of more than 200 authors who found other avenues for expression in drawing, painting or sculpting. Aside from the familiar illustrations of Edward Gorey, Beatrix Potter and (to a lesser extent) Kurt Vonnegut, Friedman also unearths work from literary heavyweights past and present, including the Bronte sisters, Herman Hesse, Rudyard Kipling, Colleen McCullough, Vladamir Nabokov, John Updike and Jonathan Lethem. Each entry offers a short biography and passages from journals, letters or interviews illuminating the author's reasons for picking up pen or paint; according to Elizabeth Bishop, for instance, writers make a "frequent complaint that painting is more fun than writing." Examples of authors' art, one or two from each subject, are handsomely reproduced in vivid color alongside the text. Friedman also covers a long list of...
Dates: 2007