Dada East : the Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire / Tom Sandqvist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandqvist, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, Romanian--20th century.

Arts, Romanian.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Romania--History--20th century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Dadaism--Romania.

Dadaism.

Jewish artists--Romania--History--20th century.

Jewish artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource e (433 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Dada East Tom Sandqvist shows that Dada did not spring full-grown from a Zurich literary salon but grew out of an already vibrant artistic tradition in Eastern Europe - particularly Romania - that was transposed to Switzerland when a group of Romanian modernists settled in Zurich. Bucharest and other cities in Romania had been the scene of Dada-like poetry, prose, and spectacle in the years before World War I. One of the leading lights was Tristan Tzara, who begn his career in avant-garde literature at fifteen when he cofounded the magazine Simbolul.

Contents:

In Romania and Switzerland In Central and Eastern Europe Marcel Iancu becomes Marcel Janco Little Paris of the Balkans Samuel Rosenstock becomes Tristan Tzara The Symbolist and Dadaist from Moinesti Aron Sigalu becomes Arthur Segal Symbolists, Absurdists, and Futurists In the Romanian Village In Yiddishland Ex Oriente Dada Back in Bucharest

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-423) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-31180-1

1-282-09728-8

9786612097287

0-262-28292-5

1-4356-2530-7

OCLC:

191952648