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Hugo Ball--poet, philosopher, novelist, cabaret performer,
journalist, mystic--was a man extremely sensitive to the currents
of his time and carried in their wake. In February 1916 he founded
the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. The sound poems and performance art
by Ball and the other artists who gathered there were the
beginnings of Dada. Ball's extraordinary diaries, one of the most
significant products of the Dada movement, are here available in
English in paperback for the first time, along with the original
Dada manifesto and John Elderfield's critical introduction, revised
and updated for the paperback edition, and a supplementary
bibliography of Dada texts that have appeared since the 1974
hardcover edition of this book.
In 1916, Hugo Ball (1886-1927) cofounded the Cabaret Voltaire in
Zurich and penned the "Dada Manifesto," launching what would become
the Zurich Dada movement. That same year he completed his
semi-autobiographical novel, "Flametti, or The Dandyism of the
Poor," which would be published two years later. Drawing from his
pre-Dada period of struggle and poverty in the vaudeville circuit,
Ball immerses us in the rise and fall of Max Flametti and his
vaudeville company. Fishing in the local river to feed his company,
dabbling in drugs, strolling through the vegetable market on the
Gemusebrucke in Zurich, ducking into a side street to avoid running
into the police, Flametti marches through the pages of Ball's novel
passionately pursuing a career that culminates in the presentation
of the theatrical extravaganza "The Indians" at the Krokodil in
Zurich (a locale that still exists today as a Spanish restaurant).
Overcoming odds and alternately averting, succumbing to and
embracing financial ruin, Flametti ultimately emerges as a tragic
figure--a Willy Loman of vaudeville. "Flametti" portrays a frenetic
Zurich that had been the backdrop to the Dada movement, and is
comparable to other such literary cities and eras as Christopher
Isherwood's Berlin.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Zur Kritik Der Deutschen Intelligenz Hugo Ball Der Freie
verlag, 1919 Germany; National characteristics, German
A"Zurich war damals eine kleine Weltstadt, wahrend es heute wieder
zu einer mittleren Provinzstadt herabgesunken ist. Es war der
Sammelpunkt aller Menschen, die der Krieg uber die Grenzen ihrer
Vaterlander geworfen hatte. Ein Brennpunkt kritischer Energien, ein
Zentrum revolutionarer Temperamente. Wer Zurich erreichte, hatte
sich aus dem Blut-Ozean, wenn auch nur fur kurze Zeit gerettet.
Hier war eine Urlaub-von-dem-Tode-Stimmung, eine Ausgelassenheit,
die sich mit Melancholie verband.A"
Hugo Ball (1886-1927) war einer der Grunder des legendaren
A"Cabaret VoltaireA", das als Wiege des Dadaismus gilt. Der
expressionistische Grundgestus beherrschte schon sein
Erstlingswerk, die Tragikomodie Die Nase des Michelangelo, die
erstmals 1911 bei Rowohlt in Leipzig erschien.
Bereits in den Jahren 1914 bis 1920 entstand Hugo Balls Text
Tenderenda der Phantast. Eine Gattungsbezeichnung ist nicht ganz
einfach zu finden, denn mit einem Roman im herkommlichen Sinn -
Hugo Ball selbst hatte ursprunglich "Roman" als Gattungsbezeichnung
vorgeschlagen - haben die 15 Episoden des Tenderenda nur wenig
gemein. Die Kapitel, denen jeweils zeitlich-raumliche
Vorbemerkungen, pointierten Regieanweisungen gleich, vorangestellt
sind, tragen demnach auch so poetische und enigmatische
Uberschriften wie: Der Aufstieg des Sehers, Grand Hotel Metaphysik
oder Bulbos Gebet und der Gebratene Dichter. Die realzeitlichen und
die autobiographischen Einschreibungen verleihen dem Text jedoch
eine Chronologie und damit auch eine Art Koharenz.
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