We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fic — Michael Richardson, Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fic — Michael Richardson, Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fic — Michael Richardson, Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fic — Michael Richardson, Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fic — Michael Richardson, Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
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We can sum up the surrealist distinction between 'literature' and 'poetry' by saying where the former is artificial, fictive and elusive, the latter is natural, real, direct and spontaneous.

— Michael Richardson, Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
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