Body Sweats
The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
- Paperback
434 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2016
Summary
The first major collection of poetry written in English by the flabbergasting and flamboyant Baroness Elsa, “the first American Dada.“As a neurasthenic, kleptomaniac, man-chasing proto-punk poet and artist, the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven left in her wake a ripple that is becoming a rip-one hundred years after she exploded onto the New York art scene. As an agent provocateur within New York’s modernist revolution, “the first American Dada” not only dressed and behaved with purposefu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262529754 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262529750 |
| Author: | Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Irene Gammel, Suzanne Zelazo |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 434 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.18kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 22mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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About The Author
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874-1927) was an artist and poet in Berlin, Munich, New York, and Paris.Irene Gammel is Canada Research Chair in Modern Literature and Culture at Ryerson University, Toronto, where she directs the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre. She is the author of Baroness Elsa- Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity (MIT Press).Suzanne Zelazo is a postdoctoral fellow at the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre.
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