Zenithism (1921-1927) : : A Yugoslav Avant-Garde Anthology / / ed. by Aleksandar Bošković, Steven Teref.

• HerausgeberIn: Bošković, Aleksandar,; Teref, Steven,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023]; 2022
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (796 p.)

This is the first-ever English language anthology of zenithism, an eclectic avant-garde movement unique to the Yugoslav region that existed 1921-1927. Zenithism's founder Ljubomir Micić envisioned the movement as a fusion of futurism, dada, constructivism, expressionism, and proto-surrealism, driven by what he called the "barbarogenius." A hallmark of the movement was its embrace of cross-genre writing, from Ljubomir Micić's ciné-poem Rescue Vehicle and Branko Ve Poljanski's lyric novel 77 Suicides to MID's lyric philosophic treatise The Sexual Equilibrium of Money. The zenithists promoted their ideas through their journal Zenit and press Biblioteka Zenit. Reaching American readers for the first time, this anthology sheds light on an untapped chapter in European modernism ideal for the general and academic reader alike.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Translators -- List of Illustrations -- Pronunciation Guide -- Introduction: You Have to Be a Zenithist -- The Barbarians are Coming, or a Savage Rhythm -- The Barbarogenius, the Balkanization of Europe, and Cultural Nihilism -- The First Road of the Barbarogenius: Cinépoetry and the Radio-Film -- The Second Road of the Barbarogenius: The Hybrid Novel, Prose Poetry, and the Serpentinella -- The Third Road of the Barbarogenius: Conceptual Writing -- The Barbarogenius at the Gates: Zenithist Theater, Soirees, and Public Interventions -- The Nadir of Zenithism -- Afterword: The Zenithist Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index