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Simultaneities and Lyric Chemisms

ISBN-13: 9781954218055

Contributor(s): Ardengo Soffici (author), Olivia E. Sears (translated by), Marjorie Perloff (preface by)

Subjects: Poetry

Publisher: World Poetry Books

Publisher Imprint: World Poetry Books

Publication Date: 15-09-2022

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£18.99

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About the book

A vital reconstruction of Italian Futurist poet Ardengo Soffici's visual poetics, presented for the first time in English in Olivia E. Sears's exacting translations. With unexpected lyricism, buzzing between the entropic and the erotic, Soffici's unrelenting poems manifest his milieu's fascination with the metropolis. Guillaume Apollinaire called it 'very important work, rich in fresh beauties.' This facsimile-style edition-with a foreword by Marjorie Perloff, helpful annotations, and an informative afterword by the translator-offers a glimpse into the vibrant early avant-garde, when modernity held tremendous promise.

Simultaneities and Lyric Chemisms

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