{"product_id":"zenithism-1921-1927-a-yugoslav-avant-garde-anthology-9781644697221","title":"Zenithism (1921–1927): A Yugoslav Avant-Garde","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first-ever English language anthology of zenithism, an eclectic avant-garde movement unique to the Yugoslav region that existed 1921–1927. Zenithism’s founder Ljubomir Micić envisioned the movement as a fusion of futurism, dada, constructivism, expressionism, and proto-surrealism, driven by what he called the “barbarogenius.” A hallmark of the movement was its embrace of cross-genre writing, from Ljubomir Micić’s ciné-poem \u003ci\u003eRescue Vehicle\u003c\/i\u003e and Branko Ve Poljanski’s lyric novel \u003ci\u003e77 Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e to MID’s lyric philosophic treatise \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Equilibrium of Money\u003c\/i\u003e. The zenithists promoted their ideas through their journal \u003ci\u003eZenit\u003c\/i\u003e and press Biblioteka Zenit. Reaching American readers for the first time, this anthology sheds light on an untapped chapter in European modernism ideal for the general and academic reader alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The editors and translators of this volume—barbarogeniuses every one—bring to life the zany revolutionary spirit and exuberance of Zenithism. The anthology is a feast of energy and creativity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Ellen Elias-Bursać, Literary Translator and Independent Scholar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bošković’s and Teref’s expertly edited and well-translated anthology will contribute to the creation of a fuller picture of the European avant-garde. By demonstrating how original movements were flourishing outside of the main European languages, this anthology invites us to re-map an important period in literary history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e–Zoran Milutinović, Professor of South Slav Literature and Modern Literary Theory, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The publication of \u003ci\u003eZenithism (1921–1927)—A Yugoslav Avant-Garde Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e adds an important piece to the complex picture of interwar avant-garde in Europe. For a long time, zenithism was a missing piece in this history. Centered on the journal \u003ci\u003eZenit\u003c\/i\u003e, this movement was the most prominent and internationally active avant-garde formation in Yugoslavia between World Wars. Aleksandar Bošković’s and Steven Teref’s excellent selection and expert translation of texts published in \u003ci\u003eZenit\u003c\/i\u003e offer a vivid portrayal of the literary and visual production of this group. Their critical framing of the whole zenithist enterprise is essential. It situates this group within the European avant-garde at its peak, and places it within the dynamic social, cultural, and economic processes in the interwar Yugoslavia. As a result, we finally have a comprehensive, well-researched, and documented portrayal of zenithism in English. This volume will be indispensable for future research of the avant-garde currents in Central Europe, across the continent, and beyond.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Branislav Jakovljević, Sara Hart Kimball Professor of the Humanities, Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is the first English translation of almost the entire opus of zenithism (1921–1927), the original Yugoslav contribution to high modernist movements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe zenithist concept of the ‘barbarogenius’ and barbarism challenged the notions of cultural value that, as the collection’s editors state, 'has been created, reproduced, and re-capitalized as a cultural means for colonial oppression and economic domination.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough carefully done translations and exhaustive introductions, the anthology spans a variety of texts—from poetry to the short novel, to flyers, to critical reviews, constructing a narrative about zenithism as an authentically Balkan utopian cultural project, as well as a socially oriented art. It contextualizes zenithism in a novel way that has not been done in previous studies of this movement, by emphasizing not only the zenithists’ practices of textual hybridity and their relations to film and radio, but also their so-called cultural banditry and conceptual writing, as well as by creating a connection with Yugoslav neo-avant-garde literary and artistic practices from the second half of the twentieth century. This is a definitive collection that should become an essential text for anybody interested in modernism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Tatjana Aleksić, Associate Professor of South Slavic and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Translators\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePronunciation Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: You Have to Be a Zenithist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Barbarians are Coming, or a Savage Rhythm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eMan and Art (February 1921), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eThe Manifesto of Zenithism (June 1921), Ljubomir Micić, Yvan Goll, and Boško Tokin\u003cbr\u003eThe Spirit of Zenithism (September 1921), Ljubomir Micić\u003c\/p\u003eThe Barbarogenius, the Balkanization of Europe, and Cultural Nihilism\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eZenith Manifesto 1922 (February 1922), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eZenithism as the Balkan Totalizer of New Life and New Art (February 1923), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eEffect on Defect (1923), Marijan Mikac\u003cbr\u003ein the name of zenithism [foreword], Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003ehere\u003cbr\u003e360 ÷ 180 = 0\u003cbr\u003ejoyous lament\u003cbr\u003ezenith—specter\u003cbr\u003ea riot of atoms\u003cbr\u003erush up the rope\u003cbr\u003ea poem for the twentieth dog\u003cbr\u003ea prayer of the blessed curse\u003cbr\u003ea fanatic’s nights of love\u003cbr\u003ebachelor tax\u003cbr\u003eagainst gossips\u003cbr\u003eman’s tango with a flea\u003cbr\u003ethe guard on the rhine predicts\u003cbr\u003eeffect on defect\u003cbr\u003efrom Archipenko: New Plastics (September 1923)\u003cbr\u003eToward Opticoplastics, Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eNemo propheta in patria (February 1924), Various anonymous\u003cbr\u003eZenithosophy: or the Energetics of Creative Zenithism (October 1924), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eAntisocial Art Needs to be Destroyed (December 1924), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eThe New Art (December 1924), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003efrom The Monkey Phenomenon (1925)\u003cbr\u003eThe New Zenithist Art, Marijan Mikac\u003cbr\u003eAirplane without an Engine (1925), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eBarbarism as Culture (November–December 1925), Risto Ratković\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Europe (1926), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eBeyond-Sense and Anti-Europe\u003cbr\u003ethe barbarogenius\u003cbr\u003ebarbarian omelet\u003cbr\u003ehey slavs\u003cbr\u003esyphon—soda—blood\u003cbr\u003eradio in the balkans\u003cbr\u003ebim bam boom\u003cbr\u003emade in england\u003cbr\u003eavala, a tomb in the sky\u003cbr\u003eoh, balkan cavavan\u003cbr\u003eslender snakes blossom\u003cbr\u003eTypogram (April 1926), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eZenithism through the Prism of Marxism (December 1926), Dr. M. Rasinov (Ljubomir Micić)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe First Road of the Barbarogenius: Cinépoetry and the Radio-Film\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eCinema Poems (October 1920), Boško Tokin\u003cbr\u003eParis Burns (October 1921), Yvan Goll\u003cbr\u003eFilm and the Future of Humanity (December 1921), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eShimmy at the Latin Quarter Graveyard (March 1922), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eDamn Your Hundred Gods (Rescue Car) (October 1922), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003ePrologue by a Madman Before a Legion of Exceptionally Wise Flies\u003cbr\u003eCategorical Imperative of the Zenithist School of Poetry\u003cbr\u003eZenithism: Second Attack of the Barbarians\u003cbr\u003eZenithist Barbarogenics in 30 Acts\u003cbr\u003efrom Radio-Film and the Zenithist Vertical of the Spirit (April 1923), Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Second Road of the Barbarogenius: The Hybrid Novel, Prose Poetry, and the Serpentinella\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eHere I Am! (January 1921), Branko Ve Poljanski (as Virgil Poljanski)\u003cbr\u003eUnder the Sign of the Circle (February 1921), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eA Lasso around the Holy Mother’s Neck (March 1922), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eThe Beauty of a Horse and the Face of Queen Zita (March 1922), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eDada Causal Dada (May 1922), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eCodes of the Dada-Jok State (May 1922), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003e33 Seconds (May 1922), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003e2 ÷ 2 = 1 (July–August 1922), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eRadiograms (1922), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003e77 Suicides (1923), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003ePanic under the Sun (1924), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo!\u003cbr\u003eC’mon, Now! [foreword], Ljubomir Micić\u003cbr\u003eManifesto\u003cbr\u003eAlarm\u003cbr\u003eOn Train Tracks\u003cbr\u003eLonging\u003cbr\u003eAt the Hair Salon\u003cbr\u003eGraveyard Express\u003cbr\u003ePoem #13\u003cbr\u003eTrip to Brazil\u003cbr\u003eTick-Tock like a Crab in a Tailcoat\u003cbr\u003eBlind Man Number 52\u003cbr\u003eArise\u003cbr\u003eTB\u003cbr\u003eSing Sing We Ride the Himalayas\u003cbr\u003eYou, Belgrade, You\u003cbr\u003eGod Beefsteak\u003cbr\u003eJoyous Poem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTopsy-Turvy (1926), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eS.O.S.Manifesto\u003cbr\u003eContraidioticon\u003cbr\u003eEros\u003cbr\u003e300,000 Punches per Second\u003cbr\u003eThe Panopticon Passes through a Mirror\u003cbr\u003eThe Laughter of Rifles\u003cbr\u003eA Steamboat in the Appendix\u003cbr\u003eNihilon\u003cbr\u003eWhistling Face\u003cbr\u003eMariner’s Bell\u003cbr\u003eYou Have Beautiful Eyes, Lucia\u003cbr\u003eDusk\u003cbr\u003ePoem About Him\u003cp\u003eThe Third Road of the Barbarogenius: Conceptual Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Sexual Equilibrium of Money (1925), MID\u003cbr\u003eThe Metaphysics of Nothing (1926), MID\u003cbr\u003eForm Devours the Spirit [I] (April 1926), MID\u003cbr\u003eForm Devours the Spirit [II] (May 1926), MID\u003cbr\u003eA Tobacconist in Literature (November 15, 1925), Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eReview of The Sexual Equilibrium of Money (April 1926), Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eReview of The Metaphysics of Nothing (May 1926), Anonymous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Barbarogenius at the Gates: Zenithist Theater, Soirées, and Public Interventions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eZenithist Theater (Zagreb, December 16, 1922), Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eThe First Zenithist Soirée (Belgrade, January 3, 1923), Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eThe Second Zenithist Soirée (Zagreb, January 31, 1923), Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eA Zenithist Soirée by Marijan Mikac (Petrinja, August 18, 1923), Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eA Zenithist Evening of Sensation (April 1925), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eThe Marinetti and Poljanski Dialogue (November–December 1925), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eRabindranath Tagore and the Zenithist Protests (December 1926), Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eOpen Letter to Rabindranath Tagore (December 1926), Ljubomir Micić, and Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Nadir of Zenithism\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Red Rooster (1927), Branko Ve Poljanski\u003cbr\u003eDogs Bark and Poets Sing\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e3\u003cbr\u003e4\u003cbr\u003e5\u003cbr\u003e6\u003cbr\u003e7\u003cbr\u003e8\u003cbr\u003e9\u003cbr\u003e10\u003cbr\u003e11\u003cbr\u003e12\u003cp\u003eAfterword: The Zenithist Legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578321932631,"sku":"9781644697221","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644697221.jpg?v=1746098766","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/zenithism-1921-1927-a-yugoslav-avant-garde-anthology-9781644697221","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}