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Title:

The Russian avant-garde and radical modernism : an introductory reader / edited by Dennis G. Ioffe and Frederick H. White.

Publisher:

Academic Studies Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

486 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Russia.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Soviet Union--History.
Arts, Russian--20th century.
Modernism (Art)--Russia--History--20th century.
Modernism (Art)--Soviet Union--History.
Modernism (Literature)--Russia--History--20th century.
Modernism (Literature)--Soviet Union--History.
Experimental theater--Soviet Union--History.
Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History.
Radicalism in art.
Radicalism in literature.
Soviet Union--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Ioffe, Denis G.
White, Frederick H., 1970-

Notes:

Includes text of some original essays by Russian artists in English translation. Includes bibliographical references (p. 472-486).

Contents:

Russian futurism and the related currents -- Russian suprematism and constructivism -- The OBERIU circle (Daniil Kharms and his associates) -- Russian experimental performance and theater -- Avant-garde cinematography : Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov.

Summary:

"A remarkable volume, the Russian avant-garde and radical modernism brings together the most significant movements and figures in Russian experimental art, cinema and literature of the early twentieth century (both pre-Soviet and Soviet) and presents them in commentary by leading scholars in the field" -- p. [4] of cover.

Series:

Cultural syllabus

ISBN:

1936235455 (pbk.)
9781936235452 (pbk.)
1936235293 (hbk.)
9781936235292 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)694485985

LCCN:

2012454837

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)