Contributions

  • Arthur Cravan (Editor) - Contributor
  • Roger Conover (Editor) - Contributor
  • Terry J. Hale (Editor) - Contributor
  • Paul Lenti (Editor) - Contributor
  • Iain White (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

1995-06-01 - Atlas Press

Language

English

Word Count

67,250 words, Guess

Page Count

269 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number95219590
  • Goodreads500613
  • LibraryThing211269

Classifications

  • LCCIN

Description

This book collects together works by four "writers" on the fringes of the Dada movement in 1920's Paris. These four took the nihilism of the movement to its ultimate conclusion, their works are remnants of lives lived to the limit and then cast aside with nonchalance and abandon: Vache died of a drug overdose, Rigaut shot himself, Cravan and Torma simply vanished, their fates still a mystery. Yet their fragmentary works - to which they attached so little importancestill exert a powerful allure and were a vital inspiration for the literary movements that followed them. Vache's bitter humour, Cravan's energetic invective, Rigaut's dandyfied introspection, and Torma's imperturbable asperity: all had their influence. This collection contains biographical introductions to each author as well as personal recollections by their contemporaries.

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