This article argues that the traditional picture of Russian Futurists as fiercely opposed to this war does not correspond to reality. We begin by examining the general historical background for Marinetti’s notorious motto “War as the World’s only Hygiene” and identify echoes of this conception in articles that Vladimir Majakovskij published in the autumn of 1914. Nationalistic and panslavic ideas, coupled with anti-German sentiments, characterized the early years of Velimir Chlebnikov’s literary activity; we explore these ideas and Chlebnikov’s gradual passage from this belligerent vision to his utopian project for a world without wars.
University of Bologna, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-1889-7931
Chapter Title
Guerra e nazionalismo nel futurismo italiano e nel futurismo russo
Authors
Gabriella Elina Imposti
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-910-2.18
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2019
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Book Title
Il mondo slavo e l’Europa
Book Subtitle
Contributi presentati al VI Congresso Italiano di Slavistica (Torino, 28-30 settembre 2016)
Editors
Maria Cristina Bragone, Maria Bidovec
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
368
Publication Year
2019
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© 2019 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-910-2
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-909-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-910-2
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6453-911-9
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-039-7
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
Series E-ISSN
2612-7679