This volume was supported by the Petőfi Literary Museum – Kassák Museum.
Cover image: Double-page spread from Új művészek könyve (Book of New Artists), edited by Lajos Kassák and László Moholy-Nagy (Vienna, 1922), with the reproduction of Francis Picabia’s lost artwork Canibalisme, as well as photographs of a ship’s propeller (“dokk”) and an electric clock (“villanyóra”). Budapest, Petőfi Literary Museum – Kassák Museum. Photo: Petőfi Literary Museum – Kassák Museum.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Botar, Oliver A. I. (Oliver Arpad Istvan), 1957- editor. | Denischenko, Irina, editor. | Dobó, Gábor, 1987- editor. | Szeredi Merse, Pál, editor.
Title: Cannibalizing the canon : Dada techniques in East-Central Europe / edited by Oliver A. I. Botar (University of Manitoba), Irina M. Denischenko (Georgetown University), Gábor Dobó (Kassák Museum), Merse Pál Szeredi (Kassák Museum).
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. | Series: Avant-garde critical studies, 1387-3008 ; volume 42 | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023055060 (print) | LCCN 2023055061 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004526730 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004526747 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: East European literature–20th century–History and criticism. | Dadaist literature, East European–History and criticism. | Literature, Experimental–Europe, Eastern–History and criticism. | LCGFT: Literary criticism. | Essays.
Classification: LCC PN849.E9 C36 2024 (print) | LCC PN849.E9 (ebook) | DDC 891.09/04–dc23/eng/20231220
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