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Demonstrates that the poetics of the Dada movement were profoundly influenced by the telegraph and the technological and social transformations that it brought about in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Wireless Dada offers a new and consistent reading of one of the most enigmatic movements of twentieth-century literature. It is an important, original, and far-reaching contribution not only to literary studies but also to the cultural and media history of the twentieth century." —Wolf Kittler, author of Die Geburt des Partisanen aus dem Geist der Poesie (The Birth of the Partisan out of the Spirit of Poetry)

Table of Contents
  • 1. Dada Dots and Dashes: Poetry in the Age of the Telegraph
  • 2. Telegraphic Traditions: Telegrammstil and Télégraphie Sans Fil
  • 3. Simultaneous Spirits: “L’amiral” and his Allies
  • 4. Wireless Waves: Channeling “Karawane”
  • 5. Ciphers and Codes: Raoul Hausmann’s Cryptopoetics
  • 6. Dada Goes Global: Consequences and Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 11/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810141056, 978-0810141056
      ISBN10: 0810141051
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Demonstrates that the poetics of the Dada movement were profoundly influenced by the telegraph and the technological and social transformations that it brought about in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

      Trade Review
      Wireless Dada offers a new and consistent reading of one of the most enigmatic movements of twentieth-century literature. It is an important, original, and far-reaching contribution not only to literary studies but also to the cultural and media history of the twentieth century." —Wolf Kittler, author of Die Geburt des Partisanen aus dem Geist der Poesie (The Birth of the Partisan out of the Spirit of Poetry)

      Table of Contents
      • 1. Dada Dots and Dashes: Poetry in the Age of the Telegraph
      • 2. Telegraphic Traditions: Telegrammstil and Télégraphie Sans Fil
      • 3. Simultaneous Spirits: “L’amiral” and his Allies
      • 4. Wireless Waves: Channeling “Karawane”
      • 5. Ciphers and Codes: Raoul Hausmann’s Cryptopoetics
      • 6. Dada Goes Global: Consequences and Conclusions
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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