Italian Futurist Poetry / / Willard Bohn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Bohn, Willard,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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 demonstrates that, in reality, it was much more diverse. Although military, mechanical, and patriotic themes occur in a number of poems, including some in this volume, the Futurist repertoire was actually much larger. Ranging from Symbolist exercises to radical experiments worthy of Dada or Surrealism, it was also surprisingly creative.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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Founder of Futurism -- F.T. Marinetti -- The First Phase -- Enrico Cavacchioli -- Aldo Palazzeschi -- Corrado Govoni -- Luciano Folgore -- Libero Altomare -- Armando Mazza -- Auro d'Alba -- Francesco Cangiullo -- Mario Betuda -- Gesualdo Manzella Frontini -- Paolo Buzzi -- The 'Lacerba' Group -- Dinamo Correnti -- Alberto Viviani -- Ardengo Soffici -- Free-Word Painters -- Umberto Boccioni -- Carlo Carra -- Giacomo Balla -- Fortunate Depero -- The 'Italia Futurista' Group -- Bruno Corra -- Mario Carli -- Mario Dessy -- Primo Conti -- Free-Word Poets -- Guglielmo Jannelli -- Volt -- Nelson Morpurgo -- The Second Phase: The 1920s -- Alfredo Trimarco -- Sofronio Pocarini -- Ruggero Vasari -- 'I nuovi poeti futuristi' -- Loris Catrizzi -- Silvio Cremonesi -- Emilio Mario Dolfi -- Escodamé -- Fillia -- Giovanni Gerbino -- Alberto Vianello -- Enzo Mainardi -- Oreste Marchesi -- Alceo Folicaldi -- Farfa -- The 1930s -- Fortunate Bellonzi -- Giacomo Giardina -- Krimer -- Pino Masnata -- Bruno Aschieri -- Bruno Sanzin -- Luigi Pennone -- Geppo Tedeschi -- Sebastiano Carta -- Ignazio Scurto -- Emilio Buccafusca -- Laura Serra -- Gaetano Pattarozzi -- Elio Balestreri -- Castrense Civello -- The 1940s -- Ennio de Concini -- Maria Goretti -- Dina Cucini -- Franca Maria Corneli -- Piero Bellanova -- Carlo Belloli -- Selected Bibliography -- Index