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    Author

    Author André Breton
    Person cited Marguerite Breton

    Description

    Undated hand-written manuscript by André Breton in a folder entitled ‘Manuscripts Dreams’.

    Dreams... the oldest of which dates from 1931, the most recent from the post-war period; we see figures familiar to Breton at different times, for instance his parents, René Char in the first, Robert Denoël in the third... Part of this text appears in Les Vases communicants and two are quoted in ‘Trajectoire du rêve’ in 1938, but unlike dream stories that were published in various places by Breton or included among the unpublished works in the Oeuvres complètes, these are texts written for his own use, without any literary consideration; moreover, they are marked by a character of clear sense of intimacy and some are accompanied by drawings, which together give them an ‘extra-literary’ character - even this word should be used with care when speaking about the surrealists. Let’s say in any case that they don’t lend themselves well to literary form, at least not without being greatly reworked and thus denatured. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]

    Hand-written manuscript, in a folder titled by André Breton: ‘Manuscripts Dreams’.
    - 4 pages in-8° in coloured pencil by Breton:
    ‘The casserole dish is heading towards me, the casserole dish is getting bigger and heading towards me obviously it is enchanted. I am afraid although I order the casserole dish to follow me which it does. The casserole dish follows me and gets ready it is now without a lid... on going into the garden I am scared as I think that I won’t be able to put these objects out of action as they come to life around me - what should I do! Upon waking at 4:15am and as I note down the dream a feeling of considerable anxiety persists and causes me constantly to shiver and interpret the slightest sound with fear. [sale catalogue, 2003; This entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson, 2022]

     

    Creation datesd
    Bibliographical material

    4 pages in-8°

    LanguagesFrench
    Physical descriptionMs - crayon de couleur rose
    Library

    Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris : BRT 60

    Number of pages4 p.
    Reference1846000
    Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2164
    Keywords,
    CategoriesAndre Breton's Manuscripts
    Set[AB's Manuscripts] Unpublished Manuscripts of Dreams
    Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100563290

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    Dreams

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    André Breton

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    Handwritten manuscript by André Breton dated 10-11 April 1938 and illustrated with a drawing.

    Four images, a descripion, a bibliography, a library.

    [AB's Manuscripts] Unpublished Manuscripts of Dreams