Italian Futurist Poetry
© 2005
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.
Product Details
- Series: Toronto Italian Studies
- World Rights
- Page Count: 270 pages
- Dimensions: 6.1in x 0.9in x 9.0in
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Author Information
Willard Bohn is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at Illinois State University. -
Table of contents
The Founder of Futurism
F.T. Marinetti
The First Phase
Enrico Cavacchioli
Aldo Palazzeschi
Corrado Govini
Luciano Folgore
Libero Altomare
Armando Mazza
Auro d'Alba
Francesco Cangiullo
Mario Betuda
Gesualdo Manzella Frontini
Paolo BuzziThe 'Lacerba' Group
Dinamo Correnti
Alberto Viviani
Aredengo SofficiFree-Word Painters
Umberto Boccioni
Carlo Carra
Giacomo Balla
Fortunato DepaeroThe 'Italis Futurista' Group
Bruno Corra
Mario Carli
Mario Dessy
Primo ContiFree-Word Poets
Guglielmo Jannelli
Volt
Nelson MorpurgoThe Second Phase: The 1920s
Alfredo Trimarco
Sofronio Pocarini
Ruggero Vasari'I nuovi poeti futuristi'
Loris Catrizzi
Silvio Cremonesi
Emilio Mario Dolfi
Escodame
Fillia
Giovanni Gerbino
Alberto Vianello
Enzo Mainardi
Oreste Marchesi
Alceo Policaldi
FarfaThe 1930s
Fortunato Bellonzi
Giacomo Giardina
Krimer
Pino Masnata
Bruno Aschieri
Bruno Sanzin
Luigi Pennone
Gepo Tedeschi
Sebastiano Carta
Ignazio Scurto
Emilio Buccafusca
Laure Serra
Gaetano Pattarozzi
Elio Balestreri
Castrense CivelloThe 1940s
Ennio de Concini
Maria Goretti
Dina Cucini
Franco Maria Corneli
Piero Bellanova
Carlo Belloli
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