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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974509303321

Autore

Harte Tim

Titolo

Fast forward : the aesthetics and ideology of speed in Russian avant-garde culture, 1910-1930 / / Tim Harte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009

ISBN

9780299233235

0299233235

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 318 p. : ill

Disciplina

700/.41109470904

Soggetti

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - Soviet Union - History - 20th century

Speed in art

Speed in literature

Experimental poetry, Russian - History and criticism

Motion pictures and the arts - Soviet Union - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Zeitgeist of Speed -- Part 1: Avant-Garde Poetry in Motion -- 1. Urban Poets on the Move -- 2. The Accelerating Word -- Part 2: Visual Arts of Acceleration -- 3. Light Speed: Rayism in Russia -- 4. "Hurry! For tomorrow you will not recognize us": Suprematism and Beyond -- Part 3: Fast Motion Pictures on the Soviet Screen -- 5. Early Soviet Cinema: Tricks and Kinesthetics -- 6. Soviet Cinema's Great Leap Forward -- Conclusion: The Speed of Coercion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work reveals how the Russian avant-garde's race to establish a new artistic and social reality over a 20-year span reflected an ambitious metaphysical vision that corresponded closely to the nation's rapidly changing social parameters.