Originally published in the early 1930s, these three short works bring together some of René Crevel's sharpest essays on literature, politics and Surrealism.

A central figure in the Surrealist movement before his death in 1935, Crevel occupied an position between André Breton's circle and the French Communist Party, attempting to reconcile revolutionary politics with the liberatory ambitions of the avant-garde. These texts emerge directly from that conflict, combining literary criticism with philosophical provocation, anti-clericalism and a relentless attack on bourgeois intellectual life.

Far less widely read than his novels such as Babylone or Le Clavecin de Diderot, these essays flirt with academic criticism, institutional authority and ideological conformity with a style that moves effortlessly between polemic, wit and lyrical surrealist association. They remain fascinating documents of interwar French intellectual culture while anticipating later debates around language, politics and the role of criticism itself. A rewarding set for readers of Surrealism, French theory, avant-garde literature, or anyone interested in the intersections of Marxism, psychoanalysis and modernism.

1930's / 1960's Jean-Jacques Pauvert Libertés paperbacks. Text in French. Very good condition with clean interiors, light age toning and minor shelf wear to the wraps.