In the early twentieth century, a group of writers banded together in Moscow to create purely original modes of expression.
These avant-garde artists, known as the Futurists, distinguished themselves by mastering the art of the scandal and making shocking denunciations of beloved icons.
With publications such as A Slap in the Face of Public Taste, they suggested that Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of Russian literature, be tossed off the side of their steamship of modernity.
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University Of Wisconsin Press The unlikely futurist: pushkin and the invention of originality in russian modernism, hardcover/james rann
