Futurism: An Anthology
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In 1909 F.T. Marinetti published his incendiary Futurist Manifesto proclaiming We stand on the last promontory of the centuries!! and There on the earth the earliest dawn! Intent on delivering Italy from its fetid cancer of professors archaeologists tour guides and antiquarians the Futurists imagined that art architecture literature and music would function like a machine transforming the world rather than merely reflecting it. But within a decade Futurisms utopian ambitions were being wedded to Fascist politics an alliance that would tragically mar its reputation in the century to follow. Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of Futurism this is the most complete anthology of Futurist manifestos poems plays and images ever to bepublished in English spanning from 1909 to 1944. Now amidst another era of unprecedented technological change and cultural crisis is a pivotal moment to reevaluate Futurism and its haunting legacy for Western civilization.
