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Futuryzm – przyszłość w przeszłości i przeszłość przyszłości
Futurism: The Future in the Past and the Past of the Future

Author(s): Piotr Michałowski
Subject(s): Review, Polish Literature, Sociology of Culture, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Futurism; twentieth-century Polish literature;

Summary/Abstract: Review: Paweł Graf Automobil w pędzie: Studia o futuryzmie i futurystach [The Automobile in Motion: A Study of Futurism and the Futurists] Paweł Graf’s monograph presents a new perspective on Polish Futurism by revisiting the stereotypes and examining disputed and understudied issues. Graf’s revelatory work build on rereading works that revolve around modernity, revolution and demolition; he discovers forgotten sources and presents the texts of flyers in their original typographical context; he also translates Marinetti’s manifesto and conducts a literary historical investigation on the beginnings of the movement in Poland, offering a chronology of events and revealing links between them. He broadens our understanding of Futurism by including hitherto unknown texts and little-known phenomena. Finally he analyses the artists’ views and their different relationships to the ideals and slogans of Futurism as well as other, related movements.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 192-200
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish