One figure in this non-fiction work is quoted as saying "Alas, I believe in the virtue of birds.
One figure in this non-fiction work is quoted as saying "Alas, I believe in the virtue of birds. And a feather is all it takes for me to die laughing!" Near its beginning the author illustrates the subjectivity of the marvelous by imagining a castle in a rustic landscape where two of his friends Robert Desnos and Roger Vitrac are dueling. This work notes that the titular category applies to the Marquis de Sade when he is sadistic and Victor Hugo when he is not stupid. It attacks the tradition that has existed from the time of Aquinas, but which now continues in Anatole France. This work praises Paul Eluard and Louis Aragon, two of the author's close friends, and notes that the titular quality can be defined as works produced by thought without reason in a pure state, "exempt from any aesthetic and moral concern." Championing pure "psychic automatism," it was penned by the author of Nadja and Arcane 17 and signed by Max Ernst and Antonin Artauld. For 10 points, identify this artistic manifesto by Andre Breton.
One figure in this non-fiction work is quoted as saying "Alas, I believe in the virtue of birds.
The Surrealist Manifesto or Manifesto of Surrealism