Futurism: The Future in the Past and the Past of the Future

Pawel Graf's monograph presents a new perspective on Polish Futurism by revisiting the stereotypes and examining disputed and understudied issues. Graf's revelatory work build on rereading works that revolve around modernity, revolution and demolition; he discovers forgotten sources and presents the texts of flyers in their original typographical context; he also translates Marinetti's manifesto and conducts a literary historical investigation on the beginnings of the movement in Poland, offering a chronology of events and revealing links between them. He broadens our understanding of Futurism by including hitherto unknown texts and little-known phenomena. Finally he analyses the artists' views and their different relationships to the ideals and slogans of Futurism as well as other, related movements.