L'Immaculée Conception

by AndrÉ Breton, Paul ÉLuard

$1,500 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

“The seriousness with which patriarchal religion regards her makes the Virgin an easy target for the Surrealist’s sense of humour. But her appearing body serves as a metaphor for their own writing bodies—used by them as mediums in their search to unveil the secrets of their own desires—and acts as an appropriate metaphor for the automatic writing project, as an icon for the surprising, modern, automatic text itself.” – Katharine Conley p.

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