The Magnetic Fields
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Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
1681374609
ISBN-13
9781681374604
Publisher
New York Review Books
Imprint
NYRB Poets
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 13th, 2020
Print length
128 Pages
Weight
106 grams
Dimensions
11.40 x 17.80 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
PoetryPoetry / Poems
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An indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupault''s experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary surrealism.
In the spring of 1919, two young men, André Breton and Philippe Soupault, both in a state of shock after World War I, embarked on an experiment. Sick of the literary cultivation of “voice,” sick of the “well-written,” they wanted to unleash the power of the word and to create “a new morality” to replace “the prevailing morality, the source of all our trials and tribulations.” They had a plan. They would write for a week on every day of the week and they would write fast, as fast as possible, in complete secrecy. When the week was over, the writing would be done. No touching up.
This was how The Magnetic Fields, the first sustained exercise in automatic writing, came to be. Charlotte Mandell’s brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature.
This English-only edition does not include the poems in their original language.
In the spring of 1919, two young men, André Breton and Philippe Soupault, both in a state of shock after World War I, embarked on an experiment. Sick of the literary cultivation of “voice,” sick of the “well-written,” they wanted to unleash the power of the word and to create “a new morality” to replace “the prevailing morality, the source of all our trials and tribulations.” They had a plan. They would write for a week on every day of the week and they would write fast, as fast as possible, in complete secrecy. When the week was over, the writing would be done. No touching up.
This was how The Magnetic Fields, the first sustained exercise in automatic writing, came to be. Charlotte Mandell’s brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature.
This English-only edition does not include the poems in their original language.
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