Second Surrealist Manifesto
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The Second Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s later, more radical statement of Surrealist principles, expanding and sharpening the movement’s political and philosophical commitments beyond those outlined in his original manifesto.
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| Second Surrealist Manifesto canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Second Surrealist Manifesto Context triple: [Surrealist Manifesto, followedBy, Second Surrealist Manifesto]
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A.
Surrealist Manifesto
The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
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Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution was a French surrealist periodical of the early 1930s that combined avant-garde artistic experimentation with explicitly revolutionary, often Marxist, political commitments.
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La Révolution surréaliste
La Révolution surréaliste was an influential early Surrealist magazine published in Paris in the 1920s that served as a key platform for the movement’s manifestos, artworks, and experimental writings.
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D.
Portraits of André Breton
Portraits of André Breton is a series of Surrealist photographic portraits by Man Ray depicting the writer and movement leader André Breton.
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E.
Sept manifestes Dada
Sept manifestes Dada is a foundational collection of Dadaist manifestos by Tristan Tzara that articulates the movement’s anti-art, anti-rationalist principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Surrealist Manifesto Target entity description: The Second Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s later, more radical statement of Surrealist principles, expanding and sharpening the movement’s political and philosophical commitments beyond those outlined in his original manifesto.
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A.
Surrealist Manifesto
The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
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B.
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution was a French surrealist periodical of the early 1930s that combined avant-garde artistic experimentation with explicitly revolutionary, often Marxist, political commitments.
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C.
La Révolution surréaliste
La Révolution surréaliste was an influential early Surrealist magazine published in Paris in the 1920s that served as a key platform for the movement’s manifestos, artworks, and experimental writings.
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D.
Portraits of André Breton
Portraits of André Breton is a series of Surrealist photographic portraits by Man Ray depicting the writer and movement leader André Breton.
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E.
Sept manifestes Dada
Sept manifestes Dada is a foundational collection of Dadaist manifestos by Tristan Tzara that articulates the movement’s anti-art, anti-rationalist principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Surrealist text
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literary manifesto ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify Surrealism’s philosophical foundations
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define Surrealism’s revolutionary role ⓘ sharpen Surrealism’s political commitments ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Second Manifesto of Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French avant-garde
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interwar period ⓘ |
| author | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
apolitical artistic practice
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bourgeois culture ⓘ purely aesthetic art ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
liberation of desire
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subversion of rationalism ⓘ transformation of everyday life ⓘ unity of poetry and revolution ⓘ |
| expandsOn | First Surrealist Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | First Surrealist Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic theory
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literary criticism ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ political essay ⓘ |
| historicalContext | between World War I and World War II ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century art theory
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later Surrealist theory ⓘ politically engaged art movements ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
artists and writers
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politically engaged intellectuals ⓘ |
| keyFigure | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
avant-garde literature
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modernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
anti-idealism
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dialectical materialism ⓘ materialism ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
left-wing
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revolutionary ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Mad Love
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Nadja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealist principles ⓘ automatic writing ⓘ politics and art ⓘ revolutionary aesthetics ⓘ role of the artist ⓘ unconscious mind ⓘ |
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