Futurism
A Microhistory

Edited by Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, and Bart Van den Bossche

Italian Perspectives 36

Legenda

29 September 2017  •  276pp

ISBN: 978-1-781884-85-0 (hardback)  •  RRP £80, $110, €95

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This volume offers a unique and fresh perspective on Italian Futurism by approaching it, for the first time, through the lens of microstoria. In this ‘history from below’ of what is one of Europe’s most famous and important avant-garde movements, large-scale questions on the history of Futurism are explored by focusing on objects, practices and situations as diverse as The Church, Puppets, The Letterhead or Gymnastics. With contributions from fifteen renowned international scholars, the book offers an exciting, kaleidoscopic view of Futurism and its multiple artistic, political and societal connections. The final chapter of the book is an interview with Günter Berghaus, one of Futurism’s most dedicated and prolific scholars today, to whom the book is dedicated.

Sascha Bru is Professor of General and Comparative Literature at the University of Leuven; Luca Somigli is Professor of Italian at the University of Toronto; Bart Van den Bossche is professor of Italian Literature at the University of Leuven.

Reviews:

  • ‘The chapter structure is cleverly designed to replicate a ‘day in the life’ of a Futurist ‘new man’, with chapters focusing on places both large and small from ‘The Skyscraper’ to ‘The Bed’... This book was a pleasure to read and will reward both the serious scholar of Futurism and the more casual reader of twentieth-century Italian culture who may wish to dip in and out of the Futurist day.’ — Selena Daly, Modern Language Review 114.3, July 2019, 577-579 (full text online)

Contents:

ix-ix

Acknowledgements
Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, Bart Van den Bossche
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.3

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x-x

List of Contributors
Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, Bart Van den Bossche
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xi-xi

A Note On Translations
Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, Bart Van den Bossche
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.5

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xii-xiv

List of Illustrations
Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, Bart Van den Bossche
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1-12

Introduction Futurism From Below: By Way of Introduction
Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, Bart Van den Bossche
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.7

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13-28

Chapter 1 the New Man Marinetti’s Appendix To Antonio Beltramelli’s L’uomo Nuovo (benito Mussolini)
Roger Griffin
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29-47

Chapter 2 the Church the Politics and Aesthetics of ‘Svaticanamento’
Monica Jansen, Luca Somigli
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.9

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48-58

Chapter 3 the Automobile
Samuele F. S. Pardini
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.10

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59-68

Chapter 4 London
John White
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.11

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69-90

Chapter 5 the Skyscraper
Francesca Billiani
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.12

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91-115

Chapter 6 the Letterhead
Maria Elena Versari
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116-129

Chapter 7 Numbers
Matteo D’Ambrosio
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.14

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130-141

Chapter 8 Football
Przemysław Strozek
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.15

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142-152

Chapter 9 Gymnastics
Michael Syrimis
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.16

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153-166

Chapter 10 the Café Sites of Futurist Propaganda
Ernesto Livorni
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167-182

Chapter 11 the Cocktail Marinetti and Alcohol From Absolutism To A Peach Orchard
Marja Härmänmaa
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183-191

Chapter 12 Seduction Or, Gli Amori Futuristi A Failed Attempt To Seduce Readers
Barbara Meazzi
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192-212

Chapter 13 Doubles
Simona Cigliana
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.20

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213-222

Chapter 14 Puppets
Shirley W. Vinall
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223-233

Chapter 15 the Bed
Silvia Contarini
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.22

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234-248

An Afterword With Günter Berghaus
Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, Bart Van den Bossche
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249-262

Index
Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, Bart Van den Bossche
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1q9.24

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Bibliography entry:

Bru, Sascha, Luca Somigli, and Bart Van den Bossche (eds), Futurism: A Microhistory, Italian Perspectives, 36 (Legenda, 2017)

First footnote reference: 35 Futurism: A Microhistory, ed. by Sascha Bru, Luca Somigli, and Bart Van den Bossche, Italian Perspectives, 36 (Legenda, 2017), p. 21.

Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Bru, Somigli, and Bossche, p. 47.

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Bibliography entry:

Bru, Sascha, Luca Somigli, and Bart Van den Bossche (eds). 2017. Futurism: A Microhistory, Italian Perspectives, 36 (Legenda)

Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Bru, Somigli, and Bossche 2017: 21).

Example footnote reference: 35 Bru, Somigli, and Bossche 2017: 21.

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