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Article: Willard Bohn. The Other Futurism: Futurist Activity in Venice, Padua, and Verona.(Book review)
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WILLARD BOHN. The Other Futurism: Futurist Activity in Venice, Padua, and Verona. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2004. 215 pp.
IN HIS INTRODUCTION, Bohn states the objectives of his work. Given the scarce attention that Italian Futurism has received in provincial settings, the author wants to "redress the balance" and focus on the authors and expressions of Futurism present in the three major cities of the Veneto mentioned in the title. Additionally, he wishes to "reconstruct Futurism's reception in the Veneto, whose inhabitants did not always sympathize with the brash young artists and writers," and to explore "how closely the provincial Futurists adhered to ...