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.
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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