Second Surrealist Manifesto
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The Second Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s later, more radical statement of Surrealist principles, expanding and sharpening the movement’s political and philosophical commitments beyond those outlined in his original manifesto.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Second Manifesto of Surrealism | 1 |
| Second Surrealist Manifesto canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Second Surrealist Manifesto Context triple: [Surrealist Manifesto, followedBy, Second Surrealist Manifesto]
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A.
Surrealist Manifesto
The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
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B.
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution was a French surrealist periodical of the early 1930s that combined avant-garde artistic experimentation with explicitly revolutionary, often Marxist, political commitments.
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C.
La Révolution surréaliste
La Révolution surréaliste was an influential early Surrealist magazine published in Paris in the 1920s that served as a key platform for the movement’s manifestos, artworks, and experimental writings.
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D.
Portraits of André Breton
Portraits of André Breton is a series of Surrealist photographic portraits by Man Ray depicting the writer and movement leader André Breton.
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E.
Sept manifestes Dada
Sept manifestes Dada is a foundational collection of Dadaist manifestos by Tristan Tzara that articulates the movement’s anti-art, anti-rationalist principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Surrealist Manifesto Target entity description: The Second Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s later, more radical statement of Surrealist principles, expanding and sharpening the movement’s political and philosophical commitments beyond those outlined in his original manifesto.
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A.
Surrealist Manifesto
The Surrealist Manifesto is André Breton’s 1924 foundational text that defined the principles and aims of the Surrealist movement in art and literature.
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B.
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution
Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution was a French surrealist periodical of the early 1930s that combined avant-garde artistic experimentation with explicitly revolutionary, often Marxist, political commitments.
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C.
La Révolution surréaliste
La Révolution surréaliste was an influential early Surrealist magazine published in Paris in the 1920s that served as a key platform for the movement’s manifestos, artworks, and experimental writings.
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D.
Portraits of André Breton
Portraits of André Breton is a series of Surrealist photographic portraits by Man Ray depicting the writer and movement leader André Breton.
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E.
Sept manifestes Dada
Sept manifestes Dada is a foundational collection of Dadaist manifestos by Tristan Tzara that articulates the movement’s anti-art, anti-rationalist principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Surrealist text
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literary manifesto ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify Surrealism’s philosophical foundations
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define Surrealism’s revolutionary role ⓘ sharpen Surrealism’s political commitments ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Second Manifesto of Surrealism
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linked to:
Second Surrealist Manifesto
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| associatedWith |
French avant-garde
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interwar period ⓘ |
| author | André Breton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
apolitical artistic practice
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bourgeois culture ⓘ purely aesthetic art ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
liberation of desire
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subversion of rationalism ⓘ transformation of everyday life ⓘ unity of poetry and revolution ⓘ |
| expandsOn |
First Surrealist Manifesto
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linked to:
Surrealist Manifesto
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| follows |
First Surrealist Manifesto
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linked to:
Surrealist Manifesto
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| genre |
aesthetic theory
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literary criticism ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ political essay ⓘ |
| historicalContext | between World War I and World War II ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century art theory
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later Surrealist theory ⓘ politically engaged art movements ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
artists and writers
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politically engaged intellectuals ⓘ |
| keyFigure | André Breton ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
avant-garde literature
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modernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
anti-idealism
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dialectical materialism ⓘ materialism ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
left-wing
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revolutionary ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Mad Love
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Nadja ⓘ |
| subject |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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Marxism ⓘ Surrealist principles ⓘ automatic writing ⓘ politics and art ⓘ revolutionary aesthetics ⓘ role of the artist ⓘ unconscious mind ⓘ |
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linked to: Second Surrealist Manifesto