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Nadja
Preface for the Livre de Poche
Author
Author André BretonPeople cited Charles Fourier, Paul Valéry, Guillaume Apollinaire, Philippe Soupault
Description
Typescripts (two versions) of a preface for the 1964 Livre de Poche edition of Nadja.
Texts in the literal sense and drafts: we have here two versions of a small text intended for the paperback reissue of Nadja. In 1964, Breton returned to a text that was more than thirty-five years old, and himself wrote a short biography, selecting the titles that seemed most important to him - those that mattered, perhaps not to him, but to new readers unknown to him. These are the two Manifestos, Les Vases communicants, Arcane 17 and Ode to Charles Fourier. And what about L’Amour fou, Monsieur Breton? [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
Typescripts, 19 February 1964.
Preface for the publication of Nadja in paperback, 2 typed pages in-4° with numerous erasures and corrections in Breton's hand. [sale catalogue, 2003]
*This entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson.
| Creation date | 19-févr.-64 |
| Bibliographical material | 2 typed pages in-4° with numerous erasures and handwritten corrections |
| Date of publication | 1964 |
| Languages | French |
| Physical description | Ts - corrections à l'encre |
| Library | |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2128 |
| Keywords | Nadja, Work notes, manuscript |
| Categories | Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
| Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Nadja |
| Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100565530 |