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Poetry of the Revolution: Marx, Manifestos, and the Avant-Gardes
Martin Puchner
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Paperback. Tells the story of political and artistic upheavals through the manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book ranges from the Communist Manifesto to the manifestos of the 1960s and beyond, and highlights the varied alliances and rivalries between socialism and repeated waves of avant-garde art. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. 2 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Poetry of the Revolution tells the story of political and artistic upheavals through the manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ranging from the Communist Manifesto to the manifestos of the 1960s and beyond, it highlights the varied alliances and rivalries between socialism and repeated waves of avant-garde art. Martin Puchner argues that the manifesto--what Marx called the "poetry" of the revolution--was the genre through which modern culture articulated its revolutionary ambitions and desires. When it intruded into the sphere of art, the manifesto created an art in its own image: shrill and aggressive, political and polemical. The result was ... Read more
Poetry of the Revolution tells the story of political and artistic upheavals through the manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ranging from the Communist Manifesto to the manifestos of the 1960s and beyond, it highlights the varied alliances and rivalries between socialism and repeated waves of avant-garde art. Martin Puchner argues that the manifesto--what Marx called the "poetry" of the revolution--was the genre through which modern culture articulated its revolutionary ambitions and desires. When it intruded into the sphere of art, the manifesto created an art in its own image: shrill and aggressive, political and polemical. The result was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Translation/Transnation
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691122601
SKU
V9780691122601
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About Martin Puchner
Martin Puchner, is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and author of "Stage Fright: Modernism, Anti-Theatricality, and Drama". He is coeditor of "Against Theatre: Creative Destructions on the Modernist Stage" (2006), and "The Norton Anthology of Drama" (forthcoming).
Reviews for Poetry of the Revolution: Marx, Manifestos, and the Avant-Gardes
[A] bold venture into relatively unexplored terrain. Poetry of the Revolution is an intelligent and informative work, offering by far the best survey of its subject now available.
Kheya Bag New Left Review
Kheya Bag New Left Review