The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. On October 15, 1924, French poet André Breton published his Manifeste du surréalisme, arguing for a new form of literary creation that would unlock the subconscious. He defined Surrealism as “pure psychic automatism, by which it is intended to express…the real process of thought. It is the dictation of thought, free from any control by reason and of any aesthetic or moral preoccupation.” Breton’s publication was actually a bit belated.
