Printed documents relating to the group Contre-Attaque, 1935-1936.

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Printed documents relating to the group Contre-Attaque, 1935-1936.

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Documents issued by the group Contre-attaque, in Paris, include the manifesto "Contre-attaque / union de lutte des intellectuels révolutionnaires" with 14 signatories following the phrase "Mort á tous les esclaves du capitalisme!" and dated Paris, 10/7/35, and second copy of the manifesto with 39 signatories. Other documents concern the proposed publication, "Les cahiers de 'Contre-attaque'," including an announcement of upcoming booklets, beginning in January 1936, with summaries of several of the booklets to be written by Bataille, Breton, Heine, Péret, Klossowski, and others; a subscription form for "Les cahiers de 'Contre-attaque'"; and a roneotyped letter written by Georges Bataille in which he asks for financial support for the publication of "Les cahiers de "Contre-attaque'" and states that political action seems to be a novelty to most of the "comrades." Also included are invitations to 2 meetings, "La patrie et la famille," to take place on 5/5/36, and "Les 200 familles," to occur on 5/21/36, anniversary of the execution of Louis XVI; and a manifesto titled "Appel à l'action" by Bataille calling the workers to mount an immediate counter-attack against all authorities, dated 2/36.

8 items ; 27 cm. and smaller.

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Péret, Benjamin, 1899-1959

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French surrealist writer, who went to Spain during the civil war, then spent eight years in political asylum in Mexico from 1940 to 1948. From the description of Letter, ca. 1927-ca. 1948. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80691689 ...

Klossowski, Pierre

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Breton, André, 1896-1966

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French surrealist poet. From the description of Letter, 1954. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83290392 French writer and one of the founder of surrealism. From the description of Letter, 1955 Feb. 10. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79306565 ...

Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962

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Heine, Maurice, 1884-1940

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Contre-Attaque

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The political group that surrealist writer Georges Bataille and his friends formed in 1935 in response, and opposition, to fascism. Its membership was drawn from the oppositional left and the democratic communist circle. By May 1936 the group had disbanded. From the description of Printed documents relating to the group Contre-Attaque, 1935-1936. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81329068 ...