first edition
1924 · Paris
by Goll, Yvan, ed
Paris: Ivan Goll, imp. Deshayes, 1924. First edition. [16] pp. Stapled wrappers. Wrappers toned, edges rubbed with a couple of short closed tears, lower front corner chipped.
The rare only issue of the journal, published by Goll only a couple of weeks before Breton's manifesto. Contributors included Guillaume Apollinaire (who was the first to coin the word "surrealism"), Marcel Arland, P. Albert-Birot, René Crevel, Joseph Delteil, Robert Delaunay, Paul Dermée, Jean Painlevé, and Pierre Reverdy. Cover drawing by Robert Delaunay. Durozoi says, "The scope of the surrealist agenda- nothing less than altering one's conception of humankind and of thought- was such that the publication of the manifesto sufficed for Goll and Dermée's endeavors to seem like simple literary replastering, and they immediately suffered the consequences: from October 1924, both the press and the public considered that "surrealism" referred to the movement led by Breton alone, even if some people... continued to believe that Breton was making too much use of a term that belonged to Apollinaire." And Polizzotti notes, "Quite simply, Breton had outmaneuvered his predecessors: though his language and tone fully befitted his esoteric message, he nonetheless retained a patina of discursive, almost scientific objectivity that made the Manifesto accessible to a broader audience..."
References: Gerard Durozoi. History of the Surrealist Movement, p. 69. Mark Polizzotti. Revolution of the Mind, p. 211. (Inventory #: 2437)
The rare only issue of the journal, published by Goll only a couple of weeks before Breton's manifesto. Contributors included Guillaume Apollinaire (who was the first to coin the word "surrealism"), Marcel Arland, P. Albert-Birot, René Crevel, Joseph Delteil, Robert Delaunay, Paul Dermée, Jean Painlevé, and Pierre Reverdy. Cover drawing by Robert Delaunay. Durozoi says, "The scope of the surrealist agenda- nothing less than altering one's conception of humankind and of thought- was such that the publication of the manifesto sufficed for Goll and Dermée's endeavors to seem like simple literary replastering, and they immediately suffered the consequences: from October 1924, both the press and the public considered that "surrealism" referred to the movement led by Breton alone, even if some people... continued to believe that Breton was making too much use of a term that belonged to Apollinaire." And Polizzotti notes, "Quite simply, Breton had outmaneuvered his predecessors: though his language and tone fully befitted his esoteric message, he nonetheless retained a patina of discursive, almost scientific objectivity that made the Manifesto accessible to a broader audience..."
References: Gerard Durozoi. History of the Surrealist Movement, p. 69. Mark Polizzotti. Revolution of the Mind, p. 211. (Inventory #: 2437)
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