Surrealism has consistently asserted its desire to comprehend the essence of thought—a statement usually read in aesthetic terms by art and literary critics or in clinical terms by psychological critics. If this statement is taken more literally, certain overlooked insights arise, including the hypothesis that the surrealists’ search for an ultimate synthesis may itself reflect a structure of the mind.
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