{"product_id":"wireless-dada-telegraphic-poetics-in-the-avant-garde-paperback-softback-9780810141056","title":"Wireless Dada; Telegraphic Poetics in the Avant-Garde (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810141056","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWireless Dada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTelegraphic Poetics in the Avant-Garde\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKurt Beals (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810141056\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 30 black \u0026amp; white images\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWireless Dada\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new and consistent reading of one of the most enigmatic movements of twentieth-century literature. It is an important, original, and far-reaching contribution not only to literary studies but also to the cultural and media history of the twentieth century.\" —Wolf Kittler, author of \u003ci\u003eDie Geburt des Partisanen aus dem Geist der Poesie\u003c\/i\u003e (The Birth of the Partisan out of the Spirit of Poetry)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWireless Dada: Telegraphic Poetics in the Avant-Garde\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the poetics of the Dada movement were profoundly influenced by the telegraph and the technological and social transformations that it brought about in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While telegraphy's impact on other avant-gardes such as Italian futurism and German expressionism is widely acknowledged, its formative role in Dada poetics has been largely neglected. Yet the telegraph exerted an unmistakable influence on the Dada movement, providing a fundamentally new paradigm for understanding language that proved well suited to an avant-garde in search of revolutionary means of expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on methods and insights from media history and theory, avant-garde studies, and German literary studies, Kurt Beals shows how the telegraph and the cultural discourses that surrounded it shaped the radical works of this seminal avant-garde movement. The \"nonsense\" strain in Dada is frequently seen as a response to the senseless violence of the First World War. However, Beals argues, it was not just the war that turned Dada poetry into a jumble of senseless signals—it was also the wireless.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Dada Dots and Dashes: Poetry in the Age of the Telegraph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Telegraphic Traditions: \u003ci\u003eTelegrammstil\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTé\u003cbr\u003elé\u003cbr\u003egraphie Sans Fil\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Simultaneous Spirits: “\u003cbr\u003eL’\u003cbr\u003eamiral”\u003cbr\u003e and his Allies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Wireless Waves: Channeling “\u003cbr\u003eKarawane”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Ciphers and Codes: Raoul Hausmann’\u003cbr\u003es Cryptopoetics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Dada Goes Global: Consequences and Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555666882840,"sku":"9780810141056","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wireless-dada-telegraphic-poetics-in-the-avant-garde-paperback-softback-9780810141056","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}