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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harte, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Speed in art.

Speed in literature.

Experimental poetry, Russian--History and criticism.

Experimental poetry, Russian.

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

Motion pictures and the arts.

Physical Description:

xii, 318 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780299233235

0299233235

OCLC:

550634971

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08756 hdl