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Literature new series

Nouvelle série, n°3

Periodical

Author

Edited by André Breton, Philippe Soupault
Text by Simone Kahn, ép. Breton puis Collinet, André Breton, Jean Paulhan

Description

A major vehicle of Surrealist thought, Littérature would publish some of the most important surrealist texts such as The Magnetic Fields. The title of Littérature was originally proposed by Paul Valéry, who was inspired by the last line of one of Verlaine's art poétique (1874): "And all the rest is literature". André Breton, director and co-editor of the review said that the adoption of this title was done in the spirit of derision.

The first 20 issues extend from March 1919 to August 1921. The "new series," (nouvelle série), was issued after the controversial Barrès case, and impending break with the Dada movement. Presented here we have the full series: 13 issues from March 1922 to June 1924, including one double issue (11/12). This beautiful copy was bound by Paul Bonet for André Breton. The cover has a golden backing, where each letter of the title "Littérature" intercalates with a band of colored morocco and holds the dates of publication.

Associated with this third issue are the following documents:

Images 1-2.  Cover and summary page of issue three of the journal Literature, new series.

Images 3-16. Handwritten manuscript "The Year of the Red Hats" (« L'année des chapeaux rouges ») by André Breton, with numerous markings and corrections. Some of these pages are seemingly written by his first wife, Simone Kahn.  This partially automatic text is published in the journal Literature and is the last of 31 short stories written and combined the same year in the collection Poisson soluble.

Image 17. Note relative to "The year of the Red Hats"  (« L'Année des chapeaux rouges ») handwritten by Jean Paulhan: "... At this moment I am at a lack of laudatory words to be able to tell you that nothing of yours seems more necessary nor more powerful. I shake your hands..."  ("Je manque trop de mots élogieux en ce moment pour pouvoir vous dire que rien de vous ne m'a paru encore aussi nécessaire ni aussi fort. Je vous serre les mains...").

Table of Contents

Un Concours

Philippe Weil - Au Clair de la Lune

Jacques Baron - L'Inconnu

André Breton - L'Année des Chapeaux Rouges

Louis Aragon - Le Roi fainéant

Benjamin Péret - L'Auberge du "Cul Volant"

Surprises Théâtrales : Conseil de Révision, par Cangiullo. Jardin public, par Marinetti et Cangiullo. Musique de toilette, par Marinetti et Calderone. Déclamation d'un poème de guerre, par Marinetti.

Synthèses Théatrales : Le Contrat ; Ils vont venir ; Simultanéité, par Marinetti

Les Livres : Dr Bertray : Aux Victimes de l'Amour

Lettre

 

Le fac-similé de la revue dans Mélusine-Surréalisme

Notice Sudoc

Bibliographical materialBreton Auction 2003, lot 1125. May 1922. In-4°
Issue3
Date of publication 01/05/1922
Publicationfirst publication
LanguagesFrench
PublisherSans éditeur
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 1125
Keywords, ,
CategoriesAndre Breton's Manuscripts, Journals
Set[Journal] Littérature
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100846080