Lettre autographe signée à René Alleau

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. First draft of a letter addressed to René Alleau regarding his contribution to the journalLe Surréalisme, même.

"It pains me greatly to have to tell you this:"La Nef et la ville"raises serious objections from those of our friends who share with me the responsibility for the general direction of the journal."

Breton counters that with his text, which he had not had time to reread - which he regrets - Alleau proposes a vision of symbolic Paris too close to that of "right-wing"historians, thus demonstrating "a position in flagrant rupture with that of Surrealism since its origin"and which would be "likely to alienate all our young readers. I do not see how to further reconcile it with the tolerance of our comrades from the "Comité d'action des intellectuels"who, by virtue of our shared commitments on a determined level, are entitled to demand from us a minimum of coherence for the sake of this very action."

An important letter showing Surrealism organized as a coherent movement.