What Freud did for dreams, Andre Breton (1896-1966) does for
despair: in its distortions he finds the marvelous, and through the
marvelous the redemptive force of imagination. Originally published
in 1932 in France, "Les Vases communicants" is an effort to show
how the discoveries and techniques of surrealism could lead to
recovery from despondency. This English translation makes available
"the theories upon which the whole edifice of surrealism, as Breton
conceived it, is based."
In "Communicating Vessels" Breton lays out the problems of
everyday experience and of intellect. His involvement with
political thought and action led him to write about the relations
between nations and individuals in a mode that moves from the
quotidian to the lyrical. His dreams triggered a curious
correspondence with Freud, available only in this book. As Caws
writes, "The whole history of surrealism is here, in these
pages."
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