Max Ernst's collage novels
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precursors: Répétitions (collaboration with Paul Eluard) and Les Malheurs des immortels (coauthored by Ernst)
La Femme 100 têtes
Rêve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au carmel
Une Semaine de bonte; ou, Les Sept Eléments capitaux (One Week of Kindness; or, The Seven Capital Elements)
left for 1933 holiday visit with François Hugo and Maria de Gramont in Italy, carried raw materials for collages; created this novel in 3 weeks
published by Jeanne Bucher in Paris, 1934
unlike earlier books, no captions, and more characters to create a sense of cohesiveness; also, published images on recto and verso, creating facing pages -- "This system of pairing establishes pictorial and thematic relationships that help guide us to a better understanding of the novel's import." (Rainwater 1986, 79)