"liberté Grande," By Julien Gracq, 1946, Guy d'Arcangues Collection, Illustrated By André Masson
Artist: André Masson
Liberté Grande by Julien Gracq (1910–2007), whose real name was Louis Poirier, is one of the leading figures of 20th-century French literature. Illustration by André Masson. Library of the Marquis Guy d’Arcangues
An admirer of Chateaubriand and André Breton, his writing is distinguished by highly polished poetic prose, influenced by German Romanticism, Arthurian legend, and a particular focus on landscape. Throughout his life, he remained loyal to a single publisher, José Corti, refusing to publish with major publishing conglomerates.
An admirer of Chateaubriand and André Breton, his writing is distinguished by highly polished poetic prose, influenced by German Romanticism, Arthurian legend, and a particular focus on landscape. Throughout his life, he remained loyal to a single publisher, José Corti, refusing to publish with major publishing conglomerates.
Julien Gracq’s poetry is deeply influenced by Surrealism—of which he was the most ardent literary ally—but it stands apart from it through its great formal mastery. Like André Breton (to whom he dedicated an essay in 1948), Gracq seeks to bring together two distant realities to create a poetic spark. His metaphorical images do not seek logic, but rather suggestion, dreams, and the evocation of an enchanted or unsettling world. Unlike Breton or Desnos, Gracq rejected automatic writing. He does not seek the pure dictation of thought without the control of reason
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90 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Modern Art
Condition: Condition of use
Material: Paper
Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 13 cm
Reference (ID): 1835518
Availability: In stock
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