L’Amour fou
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L’Amour fou is a seminal Surrealist text by André Breton that explores the concept of mad love as a revolutionary force in art and life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Surrealist text
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book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Surrealist movement in Paris ⓘ |
| author | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBelongsToMovement | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
love as a force that disrupts rational order
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love as a means of accessing the marvelous ⓘ |
| explores |
fusion of life, love, and artistic creation
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relationship between chance encounters and love ⓘ |
| focusesOn | intersection of personal experience and Surrealist theory ⓘ |
| genre | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
amour fou
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automatic experience of love ⓘ marvelous ⓘ objective chance ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Surrealist literary criticism
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theory of romantic love in avant‑garde art ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
mad love
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marvelous real ⓘ objective chance in love ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first‑person reflective narrative ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a seminal Surrealist text ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
erotic love
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poetic imagination ⓘ revolutionary potential of passion ⓘ subversion of bourgeois norms ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
essay
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prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French avant‑garde literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Surrealist conception of desire
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love as a revolutionary force ⓘ mad love NERFINISHED ⓘ relationship between love and art ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of mad love as a revolutionary force in life and art
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influence on Surrealist theory of love and desire ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | 20th‑century literature ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent | Surrealist philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
critique of rationalism through love
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liberation of desire ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Manifestoes of Surrealism
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Nadja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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