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contained short essays by a number of those Breton criticized, many of whom he had formally expelled from the movement for reasons seemingly contrary to its goals, which in hindsight appear to be more a result of his famously imperious pride. For example, according to the
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The effect of the pamphlet was twofold; on the one hand, it brought considerable attention to the movement of surrealism and its aims; but on the other, its disrespectful nature alienated certain sympathizers of the movement, such as the designer and art-collector
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attacked individuals who were already moving away from Breton, and can be regarded both as his way of formalizing the break and attacking
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and best-selling author, who was then regarded as the quintessential man of French letters, proved to be an easy target for an incendiary
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was expelled for "literary coquetry in the worst sense of the word," a reason that emphasizes Breton's rigid disdain for
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The second pamphlet was arranged by a number of disaffected surrealists, sharply criticizing the movement's leader,
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that scathingly attacked the recently deceased author on a number of fronts. The pamphlet was an act of
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by Jacqueline Chenieux-Gendron, trans Vivian Folkenflik; Columbia University Press, 1990 (p. 45).
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Breton is ironically called "Pape du surréalisme" (Surrealism Pope).
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by André Breton; Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1962 (p. 164).
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Cover of the 1930 pamphlet, with Breton depicted wearing a
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Index

surrealist
France
André Breton
Louis Aragon
Anatole France
Nobel Laureate
tract
subversion
Jacques Doucet

crown of thorns
André Breton
Second Surrealist Manifesto
manifesto
Georges Bataille
Georges Limbour
literature
poetry
Marxism
Robert Desnos
Raymond Queneau
Michel Leiris
Alejo Carpentier
Jacques Baron
Jacques Prévert
Roger Vitrac
Max Morise
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Jacques-André Boiffard
Antonin Artaud

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