SURREALIST MANIFESTOES & WRITING
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Theoretical Works
Manifesto of Surrealism André Breton's first manifesto, written in 1924.
What Is Surrealism? A 1934 lecture given by André Breton in Brussels, at a public meeting organized by the Belgian Surrealists.
Towards A Free Revolutionary Art A 1938 manifesto written by André Breton & Leon Trotsky in Mexico.
A Wave of Dreams Louis Aragon's theoretical work, written in 1924.
The Conquest of the Irrational Written by Salvador Dalí in 1935.
Prose
Inn of the Flying Arse An automatic writing by Benjamin Péret, first published in Littérature in 1922.
Mourning For Mourning A chapter from the collection of automatic writing by Robert Desnos, first published in 1924.
Film Scripts
Un chein andalou A screenplay by Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí, written in 1928.
Trip to the Moon Written by Federico García Lorca in 1929.
Drama
The Theatre and Its Double The Preface from Antonin Artaud's book of manifestoes, concerning his Theatre of Cruelty, originally published in 1938.
To Have Done With the Judgment of God Antonin Artaud's final theatrical work, a radio play written in 1947.
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