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Book SynopsisFounded 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 S
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 Buzzi The 'Lacerba' Group Dinamo Correnti Alberto Viviani Aredengo Soffici Free-Word Painters Umberto Boccioni Carlo Carra Giacomo Balla Fortunato Depaero The 'Italis 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 Escodame Fillia Giovanni Gerbino Alberto Vianello Enzo Mainardi Oreste Marchesi Alceo Policaldi Farfa The 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 Civello The 1940s Ennio de Concini Maria Goretti Dina Cucini Franco Maria Corneli Piero Bellanova Carlo Belloli
