In this volume Mary Ann Caws revises her 1974 treatise on Breton, adopting a new approach, considering different essays, and concentrating on new aspects of Breton’s works. Caws structures her study by concentrating on the surrealist elements in Breton’s works, with a full chapter devoted to his poems and surrealist poetry. As one of Breton’s most frequent translators and a long-time acquaintance of Breton’s last two wives, Caws’ viewpoint is both intimate and impassioned.