The look of Russian literature : avant-garde visual experiments, 1900-1930
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The look of Russian literature : avant-garde visual experiments, 1900-1930
(Princeton legacy library)
Princeton University Press, [201-], c1984
- : pbk
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Note
Bibliography: p. [291]-308
Includes index
English text and Russian examples
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Gerald Janecek describes the experiments in visual, literature conducted from 1900 to 1930, the heyday of the Russian Avant Garde. Focusing on an aspect of Russian literary history that has previously been almost ignored, he shows how Russian writers of this period tried unusual methods to make their texts visually interesting or expressive. The book includes 183 illustrations, most from rare publications and many reproduced for the first time. The author discusses such figures as the Symbolist Andrey Bely, the Futurists Aleksey Kruchonykh, Vasili Kamensky, and Vladimir Mayakovsky, and the post-Futurist Ilya Zdanevich, and their use of devices ranging from unorthodox layouts and florid typography to roughly done lithographed or handmade books. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
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Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations and Portraits, pg. xi*Transliteration System. Abbreviations, pg. xvi*Preface, pg. xvii*Acknowledgments, pg. xix*1. Introduction. A Historical Perspective, pg. 1*2. Andrey Bely, pg. 25*3. Kruchonykh and the Manuscript Book, pg. 69*4. Kamensky and the Ferroconcrete Poem, pg. 123*5. Typography Zdanevich and Others, pg. 149*6. Mayakovsky and the Stepladder Line, pg. 207*Appendixes, pg. 249*References, pg. 291*Index, pg. 309
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