Europa! Europa?: The Avant-Garde, Modernism and the Fate of a Continent (European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies, 1) (English, German and French Edition)

The first volume of the new series ""European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies"" focuses on the relation between the avant-garde, modernism and Europe. It combines interdisciplinary and intermedial research on experimental aesthetics and poetics. The essays, written by experts from more than fifteen countries, seek to bring out the complexity of the European avant-garde and modernism by relating it to Europe ́s intricate history, multiculturalism and multilingualism. They aim to inquire into the divergent cultural views on Europe taking shape in avant-garde and modernist practices and to chart a composite image of the ""other Europe(s)"" that have emerged from the (contemporary) avant-garde and experimental modernism. How did the avant-garde and modernism in (and outside) Europe give shape to local, national and pan-European forms of identity and community? To what extent does the transnational exchange and cross-fertilisation of aesthetic tendencies illustrate the well-rehearsed claim that the avant-gardes form a typically European phenomenon? Dealing with canonised as well as lesser known exponents of modernism and the avant-garde throughout Europe, this book will appeal to all those interested in European cultural, literary and art history Borderless Europe, Decentring Avant-garde, Mosaic Modernism -- What's The Difference? Revisiting The Concepts Of Modernism And The Avant-garde / Astradur Eysteinsson -- The Slovenian Interwar Literacy Avant-garde And Its Canonization / Marijan Dović -- Toward A Horizontal History Of The European Avant-garde / Piotr Piotrowski -- The 20th Century: Century Of The Arrière-gardes? / William Marx -- The Serpent Eats Its Tail: Avant-garde And Arrière-garde In Paris, 1943-1953 / Natalie Adamson -- How We Look And Read: The European Avant-garde's Imprint On 20th-century Theory / Sascha Bru -- Phönix Europa? Krieg Und Kultur In Rudolf Pannwitz' Und Hugo Von Hofmannsthals Europäischer Idée / Cristina Fossaluzza -- Europa Minor. Yvan And Claire Goll's Europe / Andreas Kramer -- La Revue Zenit: Une Avant-garde Entre Particularisme Identitaire Et Internationalism / Delphine Bière-chauvel -- Europa: Une Manifestation Des Avant-gardes Européennes / Liliane Meffre --^ L'avant-garde Bulgare De L'entre-deux-guerres Comme Exemple De L' / Svetlana Ilieva -- History Or Europe: Images Of Europe And Defense Of Poetic Innovation In Post-1918 Poland / Ayelet Agnieszka Marczyk -- Ästhetische Moderne Und Totalitäres Anti-europa: Des Spanische Avantgardist Ernesto Gimenéz Caballero / Mechthild Albert -- Ezra Pound's Fascist Europa: Toward The Pisan Cantos / Ron Bush -- Writing The Foundations Of A Better World: The Role Of Anglo-german Literary Exchange In The Reconstruction Of Germany And The Construction Of Europe, 1945-1949 / Lara Feigel -- Avant-garde Or Civil Service? Yves Kein, Werner Ruhnau And The European Situation / Noit Banai --discours Internationaliste Et Conscience Identitaire Des échanges Culturels: L'exemple Belgo-allemand (der Sturm, Résurrection) / Francis Mus, Hubert Roland & Dennis Van Mol -- Historizing Modern Art: The Difficult Names / Irina Genova --^ The Insignia Of Modernity And Le Movement Apollinaire / Jed Rasula -- Okkultismus, Esoteric, Mystic Und Die Ikonographie Des Unsichtbaren In Der Fruhen Mitteleuropäischen Avant-garde. Das Beispiel Der Posener Gruppe Bunt Und Des Bauhausprofessors Lothar Schreyer / Lidia Głuchowska -- Apolkalypse Als Narrenspiel: Kurt Schwitters Und Die Mystic / Götz-lothar Darsow -- Messianic Endgames In German-jewish Expressionist Literature / Vivian Liska -- Here I Am At Home- Here I Am In A Foreign Land: Multilingualism, Modernism, And (de)territorialization In The Works Of The Finland-swedish Writer Elmer Diktonius / Julia Tidigs -- Configurations Dans Mémoires D'une Liseuse De Draps De Belen/nelly Kaplan, Ou Comment Déclencher Le Fou Rire / Andrea Oberhuber -- Artificial Africa In The European Avant-garde: Marinetti And Tzara / Kai Mikkonen -- Seeing African Sculpture: Carl Einstein's Ethnographie Du Blanc / Rainer Rumold --^ Surrealism For The Ear: Paul Deharme's Radio-plays / Anke Birkenmaier -- Amauta, L'europe Et Les Avant-gardes / Isabelle Krzywkowski -- Carpentier's Marvelous Real: Modernity And Its Discontents In The Tropics / Esther Sanchez-pardo -- Amerika, Europa In Transition (1927-1938): Literatursprachliche Interkulturalität Und Transgressionen Des Avantgardesubjekts / Thomas Borgard -- Travels Of An Avant-gardist, West-east-west: On Kawara / Wolfgang Müller-funk -- The Colour Of Modernism: Colour-form Experiments In Europe And Australia / Andrew Mcnamara. Edited By Sascha Bru ... [et Al.]. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Essays In English, French, Or German. Frontmatter 1 Contents 9 Borderless Europe, Decentring Avant-Garde, Mosaic Modernism 15 “What’s the Difference?” Revisiting the Concepts of Modernism and the Avant-Garde 33 The Slovenian Interwar Literary Avant-Garde and Its Canonization 48 Toward a Horizontal History of the European Avant-Garde 61 The 20th Century: Century of the Arrière-Gardes? 71 “The Serpent Eats Its Tail”: Avant-Garde and Arrière-garde in Paris, 1943-1953 84 How We Look and Read: The European Avant-Garde’s Imprint on 20th-Century Theory 106 Phönix Europa? Krieg und Kultur in Rudolf Pannwitz’ und Hugo von Hofmannsthals europäischer Idee 125 Europa minor. Yvan and Claire Goll’s Europe 138 La revue Zenit: une avant-garde entre particularisme identitaire et internationalisme 150 Europa: une manifestation des avant-gardes européennes 165 L’avant-garde bulgare de l’entre-deux-guerres comme exemple de l’«autre Europe» 173 History or Europe: Images of Europe and Defense of Aesthetic Innovation in Post-1918 Poland 193 Ästhetische Moderne und totalitäres Anti-Europa: der spanische Avantgardist Ernesto Giménez Caballero 207 Ezra Pound’s Fascist “Europa”: Toward the Pisan Cantos 222 Writing the Foundations of a Better World: The Role of Anglo-German Literary Exchange in the Reconstruction of Germany and the Construction of Europe, 1945-1949 241 Avant-Garde or Civil Service? Yves Klein, Werner Ruhnau and “The European Situation” 256 Discours internationaliste et conscience identitaire des échanges culturels : l’exemple belgo-allemand (Der Sturm, Résurrection) 279 Historizing Modern Art: The “Difficult” Names 295 The Insignia of Modernity and “le mouvement Apollinaire” 308 Okkultismus, Esoterik, Mystik und die Ikonographie des Unsichtbaren in der frühen mitteleuropäischen Avantgarde. Das Beispiel der Posener Gruppe Bunt und des Bauhausprofessors Lothar Schreyer 318 Apokalypse als Narrenspiel: Kurt Schwitters und die Mystik 340 Messianic Endgames in German-Jewish Expressionist Literature 354 “Here I am at home – here I am in a foreign land”. Multilingualism, Modernism and (De)territorialization in the Works of the Finland-Swedish Writer Elmer Diktonius 371 Configurations « autographiques » dans Mémoires d’une liseuse de draps de Belen/Nelly Kaplan, ou comment déclencher le fou rire 385 Artificial Africa in the European Avant-Garde: Marinetti and Tzara 403 Seeing African Sculpture: Carl Einstein’s “ethnographie du blanc” 420 Surrealism for the Ear: Paul Deharme’s Radio-Plays 435 Amauta, l’Europe et les avant-gardes 446 Carpentier’s Marvellous Real: Modernity and its Discontents in the Tropics 458 Europa, Amerika in transition (1927-1938): Literatursprachliche Interkulturalität und Transgressionen des Avantgardesubjekts 476 Travels of an Avant-Gardist, West-East-West: On Kawara 490 The Colour of Modernism: Colour-Form Experiments in Europe and Australia 506 Backmatter 527

The first volume of the new series “European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies” focuses on the relation between the avant-garde, modernism and Europe. It combines interdisciplinary and intermedial research on experimental aesthetics and poetics. The essays, written by experts from more than fifteen countries, seek to bring out the complexity of the European avant-garde and modernism by relating it to Europe’s intricate history, multiculturalism and multilingualism. They aim to inquire into the divergent cultural views on Europe taking shape in avant-garde and modernist practices and to chart a composite image of the “other Europe(s)” that have emerged from the (contemporary) avant-garde and experimental modernism. How did the avant-garde and modernism in (and outside) Europe give shape to local, national and pan-European forms of identity and community? To what extent does the transnational exchange and cross-fertilisation of aesthetic tendencies illustrate the well-rehearsed claim that the avant-gardes form a typically European phenomenon? Dealing with canonised as well as lesser known exponents of modernism and the avant-garde throughout Europe, this book will appeal to all those interested in European cultural, literary and art history.

The first volume of the new series "European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies" focuses on the relation between the avant-garde, modernism and Europe. It combines interdisciplinary and intermedial research on experimental aesthetics and poetics. The articles seek to bring out the complexity of the European avant-garde and modernism by relating it to Europe's intricate history, multiculturalism and multilingualism; they aim to inquire into the divergent cultural views on Europe taking shape in avant-garde and modernist practices and chart a composite image of the "other Europe(s)" that have Biographical note: Sascha Bru, Genth University, Belgium; Peter Nicholls, University of Sussex, UK