Who is Sigmund Freud from Mad Love and what is their importance?

The founder of psychoanalysis, Freud's theories of the unconscious mind were profoundly important to Breton and to surrealism. The surrealists devised numerous "games" in order to try to expose their unconscious minds, including notably in Breton's case automatic writing. Freud's influence is seen throughout Mad Love, and Breton discusses Freud in Sections 2, 3 and 5.