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Author Russell, Charles, 1944-

Title Poets, prophets and revolutionaries : the literary avant-garde from Rimbaud through Postmodernism / Charles Russell
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1985

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Description xi, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Contents ch. 1. The theory of the avant-garde -- ch. 2. The poet as seer: Rimbaud -- ch. 3. The poets of time: Apollinaire and the Italian futurists -- ch. 4. Negation, scandal, and purification: the Dada movements -- ch. 5. The revolutionary unconscious: surrealism -- ch. 6. The avant-garde and political revolution: Mayakovsky and Russian futurism -- ch. 7. Literature, politics, and the critical spirit: Brecht -- ch. 8. Postmodernism and the neo-avant-garde
Analysis Literature Avant garde writers, 1850-1950
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 285-296
Subject Literature, Experimental -- History and criticism.
Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
LC no. 85004839
ISBN 019503550X