Literary Movement
Surrealism
Founded by André Breton, building on Freud's theories of the unconscious. Automatic writing was its primary technique. American poets (O'Hara, Ashbery) absorbed its methods indirectly.
Definition
An art and literary movement exploring unconscious imagery, dream logic, and irrational juxtaposition to liberate the imagination.
Example
André Breton's Surrealist Manifesto (1924); the poetry of Paul Éluard, Federico García Lorca, and Philip Lamantia.