文档介绍：SURREALISM AGAINST THE CURRENT Tracts and Declarations Edited and translated by M ICHAEL R ICHARDSON AND KRZYSZTOF F IJA ò KOWSKI Pluto P Press LONDON ? STERLING, VIRGINIA First published 2001 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166–2012, USA s collection and translations copyright ? Michael Richardson and Krzysztof Fija ? kowski 2001 The right of Michael Richardson and Krzysztof Fija ? kowski to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Surrealism against the current : tracts and declarations / edited and translated by Michael Richardson and Krzysztof Fija ? kowski. p. cm. ISBN 0–7453–1779–0 (hardback) — ISBN 0–7453–1778–2 (paperback) 1. Surrealism. I. Richardson, Michael. II. Fija ? kowski, Krzysztof. S868 2001 700'.41163'0944361—dc21 2001003307 ISBN 0 7453 1779 0 hardback ISBN 0 7453 1778 2 paperback Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services, Fortescue, Sidmouth EX10 9QG Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Towcester Printed in the European Union by TJ International, Padstow, England CONTENTS Acknowledgements viii Introduction: Surrealism as a Collective Adventure 1 Note on the Selection of Texts 19 1. The Historical Orientation of Surrealism 21 Introduction to La Révolution surréaliste 22 Declaration of 27 January 1925 24 The Position of Surrealism 25 Letter to André Breton 29 Dialectics of the Dialectic 32 Inaugural Rupture 42 High Frequency 49 Note for Le Surréalisme, même 51 Confronting the Liquidators 52 Let’s Get to the Point 55 The Platform of Prague 58 The Possible Against the Current 66 When Surrealism Turned Fifty 76 Hermetic Bird 79 The Platform of Prague Twenty Years On 81 2