Liberty or Love! and Mourning for Mourning
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Liberty or Love! and Mourning for Mourning by Robert Desnos
Mystery, the marvelous, the city of Paris transmuted by love, and Sanglot the Corsair's pursuit of the siren Louise Lame: these are the essential ingredients of Liberty or Love , a masterpiece of early Surrealism written by Robert Desnos (1900-1945) and first published in 1924 to immediate acclaim. Characters appear and disappear at whim; they walk underwater and accept the most astounding coincidences with calm nonchalance. This crown jewel of Surrealist eroticism is part hymn to the erotic and part adventure story illumined by the shades of Lautr'amont, Jack the Ripper and Sade. Desnos was famously lauded by Andr' Breton--in his First Manifesto of Surrealism--for having come closest to the Surrealist truth, and his novel is a dream at once violent and tender--the perfect embodiment, in fact, of the Surrealist spirit: joyful and despairing, and effortlessly scandalous. This new hardback edition also includes Mourning for Mourning, Desnos' first book--his own selection of his early stories from the period of sleeping fits and automatic writing.
Editor/Translator Mary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of English, French, and Comparative Literature at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author, translator, and editor of numerous of books and essays on the major figures of both Dada and Surrealism. Translator resides in NYC and France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781900565455 |
| ISBN 10 | 1900565455 |
| Title | Liberty or Love! and Mourning for Mourning |
| Author | Robert Desnos |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlas Press |
| Year published | 2012-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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