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Breton, André, 1896-1966

 Person

Dates

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

Found in 184 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-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 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 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