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Additional authors

1. Ferrua, Pietro

Description

1. 414 pages; 19 cm

Summary

1. Isidore ​ Isou’s first book, which ​Gallimard at first rejected, immediately after Isou’s arrival in Paris, but which the ​ firm ​soon thereafter ​ accepted ​, as​ he ​became notorious for disrupting and denouncing events that honored other writers and artists.
2. Contains Isou’s manifesto of Lettrist poetry; the latter portion is printed on coated paper and prints a number of visual and sound poems, including the text of “Cris p​our 5,000,000 de Juifs Egorges,” his renowned poem about the Holocaust.

Subject

1. French poetry > 20th century > History and criticism
2. Lettrism > Sources
3. Music > France > History and criticism

Genre/Form

1. Experimental poetry, French
2. Literature, Experimental – France​

Call number

1. Berg Coll Isou I58 1947

Note

1. In printed wrappers.
2. Described as third edition on title page.
3. Lettrism exerted a strong influence on Situationism, which in turn influenced the American counterculture and avant-garde.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Author

1. Isou, Isidore.

Title

1. Introduction à une nouvelle poésie et à une nouvelle musique.

Imprint

1. [Paris] : Gallimard, [1947]

Local note

1. Berg Collection copy, formerly belonging to the anarchist and scholar Pietro Ferrua, missing over half of the back strip, and extensively chipped, with several cello-tape repairs.
2. With scattered check marks and underlining throughout the text.

Access

1. Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection

Added author

1. Ferrua, Pietro Former owner

LCCN

1. 48012373

Research call number

1. Berg Coll Isou I58 1947