The Automatic Message, the Magnetic Fields, the Immaculate Conception

by Breton, Andre; Soupault, Philippe; Eluard, Paul; Gascoyne, David; Melville, Antony; Graham, Jon

• ISBN13: 9780947757991
• ISBN10: 0947757996
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Atlas Pr

Summary

The most famous literary experiments conducted by,the surrealist group in Paris in its early days,were centred around the idea of Automatic,Writing. This book collects together the two most,important texts produced using this method: The,Magnetic Fields and The Immaculate Conception.,They are prefaced by an essay by Breton which,discusses the issues raised by automatism, its,history and potential.

Table of Contents

The Automatic Message
The Automatic Message	7	(26)
Appendix: Mozart's house in Jupiter	33	(24)
The Magnetic Fields
Introduction	39	(18)
The Unsilvered Glass	57	(8)
Seasons	65	(6)
Eclipses	71	(8)
In 80 Days	79	(8)
Barriers	87	(14)
Let's Move No More	101	(12)
White Gloves	113	(6)
The Hermit-Crab Says:	119	(12)
The Hermit-Crab Says:	131	(28)
La Fin de Tout	144	(5)
The Immaculate Conception
Introduction	149	(10)
Notes on a Collaboration	159	(1)
Insert	160	(3)
Man
Conception	163	(4)
Intra-Uterine Life	167	(2)
Birth	169	(1)
Life	170	(2)
Death	172	(5)
The Possessions
Authors' preface	175	(2)
Attempted Simulation of Mental Debility	177	(2)
Attempted Simulation of Acute Mania	179	(4)
Attempted Simulation of General Paralysis	183	(3)
Attempted Simulation of Interpretative Delirium	186	(2)
Attempted Simulation of Dementia Praecox	188	(7)
The Meditations
Force of Habit	195	(2)
Surprise	197	(3)
There is Nothing Incomprehensible	200	(3)
A Feeling for Nature	203	(5)
Love	208	(4)
The Idea of Becoming	212	(3)
The Original Judgement
The Original Judgement	215	(7)
Notes	222