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Gerald Janecek describes the experiments in visual, literature conducted from 1900 to 1930, the heyday of the Russian Avant Garde. Focusing on an aspect of Russian literary history that has previously been almost ignored, he shows how Russian writers of this period tried unusual methods to make their texts visually interesting or expressive. The bo



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations and Portraits, pg. xi*Transliteration System. Abbreviations, pg. xvi*Preface, pg. xvii*Acknowledgments, pg. xix*1. Introduction. A Historical Perspective, pg. 1*2. Andrey Bely, pg. 25*3. Kruchonykh and the Manuscript Book, pg. 69*4. Kamensky and the Ferroconcrete Poem, pg. 123*5. Typography Zdanevich and Others, pg. 149*6. Mayakovsky and the Stepladder Line, pg. 207*Appendixes, pg. 249*References, pg. 291*Index, pg. 309

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691600215, 978-0691600215
      ISBN10: 069160021X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Gerald Janecek describes the experiments in visual, literature conducted from 1900 to 1930, the heyday of the Russian Avant Garde. Focusing on an aspect of Russian literary history that has previously been almost ignored, he shows how Russian writers of this period tried unusual methods to make their texts visually interesting or expressive. The bo



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations and Portraits, pg. xi*Transliteration System. Abbreviations, pg. xvi*Preface, pg. xvii*Acknowledgments, pg. xix*1. Introduction. A Historical Perspective, pg. 1*2. Andrey Bely, pg. 25*3. Kruchonykh and the Manuscript Book, pg. 69*4. Kamensky and the Ferroconcrete Poem, pg. 123*5. Typography Zdanevich and Others, pg. 149*6. Mayakovsky and the Stepladder Line, pg. 207*Appendixes, pg. 249*References, pg. 291*Index, pg. 309

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