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Notation of literary works associated with the movement
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Author André BretonPeople cited Louis Aragon, Jacques Baron, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Guillaume Apollinaire, André Breton, Robert Desnos, Paul Éluard, Tristan Tzara
Description
Manuscript page by André Breton of this game of scholarly notation, undated.
One day or one evening around 1926 or 1927, Simone and André played a two-person game awarding marks to the works of Baron, Aragon, Desnos, Vitrac, Éluard, Tzara, Soupault, Saint-John Perse (whose initials are those of his real name, Saint-Léger Léger), Valéry, Apollinaire, and Breton himself. He, in all modesty, gives the best marks of his roll of honour to his Les Champs magnétiques (with Soupault only meriting 18), equal top with Apollinaire’s Les Onze mille verges and La Soirée avec Monsieur Teste by Valéry. This is very revealing when it comes to the contrast between his public declarations, that were quite aggressive regarding Valéry and somewhat mixed regarding Apollinaire in this period, and the secret love of a writer who stayed true to his first enthusiasms as a reader. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
Surrealist game of scholarly notation, undated.
1 in-4° manuscript page by Breton in black ink of titles of books marked between + 19 and - 15 with the initials of the following authors: Aragon, Baron, Breton, Desnos, Éluard, Tzara, Ribemont-Dessaignes, Apollinaire, Roussel, Perse, Saint-Pol Roux, Valéry, Soupault, Vitrac. [Auction catalogue, 2003]
| Creation date | sd |
| Bibliographical material | 1 in-4° manuscript page |
| Languages | French |
| Number of pages | 1 p. |
| Reference | 197000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2168 |
| Keywords | Surrealist Games, Poetry, Literary Theory |
| Categories | Archives |
| Set | [Jeux surréalistes] enveloppe Jeux surréalistes |
| Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100447180 |