{"product_id":"the-lost-steps-9780803228146","title":"The Lost Steps","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Steps\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLes Pas perdus\u003c\/i\u003e) is André Breton's first collection of critical and polemical essays. Composed between 1917 and 1923, these pieces trace his evolution during the years when he was emerging as a central figure in French (and European) intellectual life. They chronicle his tumultuous passage through the Dada movement, proclaim his explosive views on Modernism and its heroes, and herald the emergence of Surrealism itself. Along the way, we are given Breton's serious commentaries on his Modernist predecessors, Guillaume Apollinaire and Alfred Jarry, followed by his not-so-serious Dada manifestoes. \u003cp\u003eAlso included are portraits of Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, and Breton's mysterious friend Jacques Vaché, as well as a crisis-by-crisis account of his dealing with Dada's leader, Tristan Tzara. Finally, Breton offers a first glimpse of Surrealism, the movement that was forever after identified with his name and that stands as a defining force in twentieth-century aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Polizzotti, editorial director of David R. Godine, Publisher, is the author of \u003ci\u003eRevolution of the Mind: The Life of André Breton\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the translator of Jean Echenoz's \u003ci\u003eDouble Jeopardy\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1994) and \u003ci\u003eCherokee\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1994) and of André Breton's \u003ci\u003eConversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003eMary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of French at Hunter College and at the City University of New York. Her most recent work is R\u003ci\u003eobert Motherwell: What Art Holds\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the translator of André Breton's \u003ci\u003eMad Love\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1987) and \u003ci\u003eCommunicating Vessels\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328419402002,"sku":"9780803228146","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99c7780b-508c-4aab-9083-c93b4b43a60e.jpg?v=1727739078","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-steps-9780803228146","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}