Breton, André, 1896-1966
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of letters and papers concerning the "Affaire Carrouges," a Surrealist controversy also called the "Affaire Pastoureau"
Collection
Identifier: MS-0808
Abstract
This collection contains copies of seven documents created in the 1950s concerning the Surrealist turmoil originating from the ‘Affaire Carrouges’. In 1951, a conflict between Surrealists Henri Pastoureau and Michel Carrouges due to a disagreement about religion resulted in the fracturing of the French Surrealist movement for three months. There is representation from both sides of the conflict in this collection.
Dates:
1950s
David Gascoyne
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This series and its subseries consist of letters, manuscripts, and photographs of authors and writers of note collected by Professor Richard Macksey (1931-2019), who worked in what is now the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University from 1958 until his formal retirement in 2010. Professor Macksey was a noted bibliophile and in addition to collecting rare titles and editions, he also collected correspondence and manuscripts by noted French and...
Dates:
1653 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1980
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- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Catholic Church 1
- Irreligion 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- mimeograph copies 1
- reproductions (derivative objects) 1