Magic Art

By André Breton,

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Book description

Breton’s late treatise on magic and art appears for the first time in English, complete with citations, commentaries and a bibliography

What is “Magic Art”? In 1953, André Breton, founder of the Surrealist movement, was invited by a prestigious French publisher to explore answers to this question. His resulting analysis…


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This is the first English translation of a key text of the Surrealist movement, exploring the relationship between magic and the creative arts through the ages.

Presented in a newly formatted, expanded edition and produced to the highest standards, this publication by Fulgur Press represents a significant landmark in this emerging field of esoteric studies and presents this text to an English-speaking readership for the first time.

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