Gorilla Art. An unpublished letter from Karl Vossler to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54103/2974-6620/uon.n19-20_2022_pp39-44

Keywords:

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Karl Vossler, Italian Literature, Futurism

Abstract

During Spring 1914, within his tournées in Germany, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti knew that Karl Vossler presented his well known Italienische Literaturgeschichte (1900; 2° ed. 1908) to a wider public at Freies Deutsches Hochstift in Frankfurt, by pointing out briefly the influence of Futurism on Italian literature, As always Marinetti hurried to write a letter to Vossler, furnished with many futurist texts.
This essay focused on Vossler articulated reply, sent to Marinetti on 28 July 1914, the day of War declaration by Austria-Hungary to Serbia.

Marinetti e Vossler

Published

13-12-2022

How to Cite

Schnapp, J. T. (2022). Gorilla Art. An unpublished letter from Karl Vossler to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. L’uomo Nero. Materiali Per Una Storia Delle Arti Della Modernità, 19(19-20), 39–44. https://doi.org/10.54103/2974-6620/uon.n19-20_2022_pp39-44