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The Handbook of International Futurism is the first reference work
ever to presents in a comparative fashion all media and countries
in which the movement, initiated by F.T. Marinetti in 1909,
exercised a particularly noteworthy influence. The handbook offers
a synthesis of the state of scholarship regarding the international
radiation of Futurism and its influence in some fifteen artistic
disciplines and thirty-eight countries. While acknowledging the
great achievements of the movement in the visual and literary arts
of Italy and Russia, it treats Futurism as an international,
multidisciplinary phenomenon that left a lasting mark on the
manifold artistic manifestations of the early twentieth-century
avant-garde. Hundreds of artists, who in some phase in their career
absorbed Futurist ideas and stylistic devices, are presented in the
context of their national traditions, their international
connections and the media in which they were predominantly active.
The handbook acts as a kind of multi-disciplinary, geographical
encyclopaedia of Futurism and gives scholars with varying levels of
experience a detailed overview of all countries and disciplines in
which the movement had a major impact.
This comparative and transnational study of landscapes in the First
World War offers new perspectives on the ways in which landscapes
were idealised, mobilised, interpreted, exploited, transformed and
destroyed by the conflict. The collection focuses on four themes:
environment and climate, industrial and urban landscapes,
cross-cultural encounters, and legacies of the war. The chapters
cover Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and the US, drawing
on a range of approaches including battlefield archaeology,
military history, medical humanities, architecture, literary
analysis and environmental history. This volume explores the
environmental impact of the war on diverse landscapes and how
landscapes shaped soldiers' experiences at the front. It
investigates how rural and urban locales were mobilised to cater to
the demands of industry and agriculture. The enduring physical
scars and the role of landscape as a crucial locus of memory and
commemoration are also analysed. The chapter 'The Long Carry:
Landscapes and the Shaping of British Medical Masculinities in the
First World War' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via
link.springer.com.
Selena Daly's work is the first comprehensive study of Futurism
during the First World War period. In this book, she examines the
cultural, political, and military engagement of the Futurists with
the war effort, both on the battlefields and on the home front.
Beginning with the outbreak of war in 1914, Italian Futurism and
the First World War provides vivid accounts of Futurist experiences
through an analysis of previously unpublished material, including
letters, diaries, and military documents as well as newspapers,
magazines, and popular novels. Her focus on Futurist protagonists
such as Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Emilio
Settimelli, and lesser known figures such as Giuseppe Steiner and
Ennio Valentinelli greatly extends our knowledge of the movement.
Daly's timely and detailed analysis challenges long-held
assumptions about Futurist activity during the war and offers new
insights for both the non-specialist and specialist alike.
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