SOURCE: “Péret's ‘Amour sublime’—Just Another ‘Amour fou’?” in French Review, Vol. 40, 1966, pp. 204–12.

In the following essay, Caws compares the surrealist principals of Péret and his works to that of the more prominent André Breton, by whom Péret's reputation has always been overshadowed.

The reputation of Benjamin Péret (1899–1959) has always been overshadowed by that of Breton. Less well-known than the leader of surrealism, Péret was just as devoted to surrealist principles and poetry to the end of his life. His works have, until recently, been so hard to procure that an Association d'Amis de Benjamin Péret was formed just for the purpose of reprinting them. His complete works will be gathered in the near future, and Jean-François Revel has already republished two of Péret's essays in the series called Libertés, all this reflecting a new interest in him.

His...