Ode à Charles Fourier.

by BRETON (André).

Grand spécialiste de Gobineau et des utopistes du XIXe, Jean Gaulmier donne au texte célèbre de Breton (ici publié intégralement) un très substanciel commentaire qui est à la fois un passionnant essai sur Fourier et l'histoire du fouriérisme.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published January 1, 1947

Reviews

[Tentatively, Convenience · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a time when I had a great interest in Surrealism. I still love the paintings. But the more I studied it, the more Breton's version of Surrealism in relation to dada seemed like what Stalin was to the Russian revolution or what Stewart Home has become to neoism - too authoritarian, too self-serving, too power-hungry & manipulative. After all, Queneau, a favorite writer, became quickly disillusioned w/ that scene, Artaud was expelled.. it all seems so dogmatic. To make matters worse, I've read a fair amt of Breton & find most of it "wooden", as the expression goes - of course, that cd be bad translations. For me, the best surrealist writer was Raymond Roussell - & he wasn't a surrealist! Anyway, to give Breton his due credit, he's the one who exposed me to Fourier - the utopian philosopher who Alfred Jarry was also interested in. I have a tattoo on the small of my back of Fourier's archibras.