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Italian Futurist Poetry

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Description for Italian Futurist Poetry hardcover. Italian Futurist Poetry contains more than 100 poems (both Italian and English versions) by sixty-one poets from across Italy. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.

Founded by F.T. Marinetti in 1909, Italian Futurism was the first major avant-garde movement of the twentieth century. It was also one of the longest lasting, having continued as long as Marinetti and his colleagues remained active – until 1944. Despite the provocative manifestos and outrageous public performances that earned its members international fame, their remarkable poetic achievements have received little post-war scholarly attention. This anthology, by the widely recognized Italian Futurist scholar Willard Bohn, seeks to correct this oversight.

It is commonly believed that Futurist poetry rarely strayed from three main subjects: modern machinery, warfare, and the Fascist dream. Bohn ... Read more

Italian Futurist Poetry contains more than 100 poems (both Italian and English versions) by sixty-one poets from across Italy. Arranged in roughly chronological order, the anthology reflects numerous aesthetic, historical, and cultural developments. It is a major contribution to the understanding of modern Italian culture and, indeed, of twentieth-century avant-garde literature in general.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Toronto Italian Studies
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802039484
SKU
V9780802039484
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Ref
99-1

About
Willard Bohn is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at Illinois State University.

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