Futuristische Dichtungen (Futuristic Poetry)
Berlin: A. R. Meyer, 1912. First edition. Softcover. Small Octavo. 15 (1)pp. Original wraps with woodcut by Carrà and black lettering on cover. Authorized translation by Else Hadwiger with introduction by Rudolf Kurtz and a title portrait by the Futurist "Carrà."
Like all vivacious dogmatists Marinetti is not ironic and the hymn is his natural form of expression. He produces a heroic stance, which in its obstinate, unswayable monumentality invokes Schiller's shadow. He is continuously mired in that boisterous music of the spheres; a bow finger of the eternal ocean, glorious sunsets, the valiant death. An enthusiast, observing from the furthest edge of his time (vom äußersten Kap seiner Zeit schauend); advanced to the beauty of iron constructions and by no means recoils from the hymn to the automobile.' (Translated from Robert Kurz).
Contains Marinetti's poems "An das Rennauto" (Addressing the Race Car), "Der Abend und die Stadt" (The Evening and the City), "Die Fanfare der Wellen" (The Fanfare of Waves), "Gegen die Syllogismen" (Against Syllogism), and "Hymnus an den Tod" (Hymn to Death). Lists previously published works on back cover, including works from Frank Wedekind, Max Brod, Arno Holz, Else Lasker-Schueler, René Schickele, Alfred Lichtenstein, Paul Zech, Gottfried Benn and others.
Text in German. Front and back cover detached but present. Some age-toning, else in very good condition. Very good- condition. Item #51619
Price: $650.00