Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Breton's Poetic Quest: With Pierre Mabille, June-July 1940Chapter 2: Transit Marseilles: August 1940-March 1941Chapter 3: Arrival New York: The New DirectionChapter 4: Looking Back to the Future: Breton, Hugo, and the Poet as 'Seer'Chapter 5: Arcane 17: Towards Mythical HarmonyChapter 6: L'Ode a Charles Fourier: A New Social Perspective in the Wake of the 'Great Visionaries'Chapter 7: Breton's Situation 'at the Eye of a Storm'Conclusion

About the Author

Victoria Clouston is an independent scholar based in the UK.