Breton's late treatise on magic and art appears for the first time in English, complete with citations, commentaries and a bibliography What is "Magic Art"? In 1953, Andr Breton, founder of the Surrealist movement, was invited by a prestigious French publisher to explore answers to this question. His resulting analysis is wide-ranging and evocative. Beginning with a literary review of magic and art, Breton draws upon Novalis...