Ebook {Epub PDF} Anthology of Black Humor by André Breton

This is the first publication in English of the anthology that contains Breton's definitive statement on l'humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of Surrealism, and his provocative assessments of the writers he most admired. While some of the authors featured in The Anthology of Black Humor are already well known to American readers--Swift, Kafka, Rimbaud, Poe, Lewis Car/5(22). This is the first publication in English of the anthology that contains Breton's definitive statement on l'humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of Surrealism, and his provocative assessments of the writers he most admired. While some of the authors featured in the Anthology of Black Humor are already well known to American readers-Swift, Kafka, Rimbaud, Poe, Lewis Carroll, and Baudelaire. Breton, Andre. Anthology of Black Humor. San Francisco: City Lights Books, Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine. Item # Soft cover. xix, pp. Slight curling to front cover, else fine. Translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti. This is the first publication in English that contains Breton's definitive statement on l.

André Breton mentioned the influence of Nerval in the first Surrealist Manifesto. He also included Petrus Borel and Xavier Forneret in his influential "Anthology of Black Humor". André Breton wrote, "To be even fairer, we could probably have taken over the word SUPERNATURALISM employed by Gérard de Nerval in his dedication to the Filles de. Anthology of Black Humor (, Anthologie de l'humour noir, Éditions du Sagittaire) is an anthology of 'black humor' texts edited and commented upon by André www.doorway.ru is currently in print in a City Lights Bookstore English translation by Mark Polizzotti.. Its original distribution was immediately banned by the Vichy www.doorway.ru got reprinted in after Breton´s return from exile. This item: Anthology of Black Humor. by André Breton Paperback. $ Only 5 left in stock (more on the way). Ships from and sold by www.doorway.ru FREE Shipping. Manifestoes of Surrealism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by Andre Breton Paperback. $

For each of the forty-five authors included, Breton has provided an enlightening biographical and critical preface, situating both the writer and the work in the context of black humor—a partly macabre, partly ironic, and often absurd turn of spirit that Breton defined as "a superior revolt of the mind.". This is the first publication in English of the anthology that contains Breton’s definitive statement on l’humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of Surrealism, and his provocative assessments of the writers he most admired. For each of the forty-five authors included, Breton has provided an enlightening biographical and critical preface, situating both the writer and the work in the context of black humor-a partly macabre, partly ironic, and often absurd turn of spirit that Breton defined as "a superior revolt of the mind."Andre Breton (), the founder and.