Global Modernists on Modernism: An Anthology

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Bringing together works by writers from sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, central Europe, the Muslim world, Asia, South America and Australia – many translated into English for the first time – this is the first collection of statements on modernism by writers, artists and practitioners from across the world. Annotated throughout, the texts are supported by critical essays from leading modernist scholars exploring major issues in the contemporary study of global modernism. Global Modernists on Modernism is an essential resource for students and scholars of modernism and world literature and one that opens up a dazzling new array of perspectives on the field. Cover Contents Alternate Tables of Contents Editorial Preface to Modernist Archives Contributor Biographies Acknowledgments Permissions and Credits Global Modernism: An Introduction and Ten Theses Alys Moody and Stephen J. Ross 1. Modernism in Latin America i. New Poetry (1926, France/Peru) César Vallejo
Translated by Joseph W. Mulligan ii. Platforms for Living (1927, Peru) Magda Portal Translated by Melvin S. Arrington, Jr. iii. Cannibalist Manifesto (1928, Brazil) Oswald de Andrade Translated by Leslie Bary iv. From “Revolution and Renascence” (1929, Mexico/US)
Anita Brenner v. Will to Construct (1930, France/Uruguay)
Joaquín Torres-García
Translated by Stephen J. Ross and John Steen vi. Prologue to Sóngoro Cosongo (1931, Cuba)
Nicolás Guillén
Translated by Stephen J. Ross and John Steen vii. From Woman and Her Expression (1935, Argentina)
Victoria Ocampo
Translated by Patricia Owen Steiner viii. How I Write (1938, Chile)
Gabriela Mistral
Translated by Stephen Tapscott ix. Protest against Folklore (1943, Costa Rica)
Yolanda Oreamuno
Translated by Janet N. Gold 2 Modernism in the Caribbean i. La Revue indigène: Program (1927, Haiti)
Normil G. Sylvain
Translated by Alys Moody ii. Légitime Défense: Declaration (1932, France/Martinique)
Étienne Léro et al.
Translated by Krzysztof Fijalkowski and Michael Richardson iii. The Time Has Come (1933, Trinidad) Hugh Stollmeyer iv. Racial Consciousness and Social Revolution (1935, France/Martinique)
Aimé Césaire
Translated by Alys Moody v. Tropiques: Presentation (1941, Martinique)
Aimé Césaire
Translated by Alys Moody vi. Poverty of a Poetry (1942, Martinique)
Suzanne Césaire
Translated by Alys Moody vii. Bim: An Introduction (1955, Barbados)
George Lamming viii. Jazz and the West Indian Novel, I (1967, Barbados/Jamaica/UK)
L. Edward (Kamau) Brathwaite ix. The Artist in the Caribbean (1970, Guyana/UK)
Aubrey Williams 3 Modernism in Sub-Saharan Africa i. In Search of the Lost! (1932, Madagascar)
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Translated by Matthew Winterton ii. The Lost Is Found (1934, Madagascar)
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Translated by Matthew Winterton iii. Negritude and the Concept of Universal Civilisation (1963, Senegal)
Léopold Sédar Senghor Uncredited translation from Présence Africaine, English edition iv. Copying Puts God to Sleep (1963, Kenya)
Elimo Njau v. On the Threshold, VIII (1965, South Africa)
André P. Brink
Translated by Klara du Plessis vi. The African View of Art and Some Problems Facing the African Artist
(1966, Nigeria)
Ben Enwonwu vii. Prodigals, Come Home! (1973, Nigeria)
Chinweizu viii. Manifesto of the Zairian Avant-Gardists (1973, Zaire)
Les avant-gardistes zaïrois
Translated by Sarah Van Beurden 4 Modernism in the Arab World i. On Degenerate Art (1939, Egypt)
Kāmil al-Tilimsānī
Translated by Mandy McClure ii. Introduction to Splinters and Ash (1949, Iraq)
Nāzik al-Malāʾikah
Translated by Emily Drumsta iii. Prologue to Souffles (1966, Morocco)
Abdellatif Laâbi
Translated by Teresa Villa-Ignacio iv. Art in the Time of the Palestinian Revolution (1971, Palestine/Lebanon)
Kamāl Bullāṭah
Translated by Katharine Halls v. From Poetics and Modernity (1984, Syria/France)
Adūnīs
Translated by Catherine Cobham 5 Modernism in Turkey i. Some Thoughts about Poetry (1921, Turkey)
Ahmet Haşim
Translated by Kaitlin Staudt ii. The Garip Preface (1941, Turkey)
Orhan Veli, Melih Cevdet, and Oktay Rifat
Translated by Sidney Wade and Efe Murad iii. The Change of Civilization and Inner Man (1951, Turkey)
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Translated by Kaitlin Staudt 6 Persian Modernism i. Preface to The Myth (1922, Iran)
Nima Yushij
Translated by Bahareh Azad ii. A Poetry That Is Life (1958, Iran)
Ahmad Shamlu
Translated by Samad Alavi iii. Hasan Honarmandi’s Interview with Forough Farrokhzad (1967, Iran)
Forough Farrokhzad and Hasan Honarmandi
Translated by Bahareh Azad 7 Modernism in the Caucasus i. Niko Pirosmanashvili (1926, Georgia)
Kirill Zdanevich
Translated by Harsha Ram ii. Niko Pirosmani (1926, Georgia)
Grigol Robakidze
Translated by Harsha Ram 8 Modernism in South Asia i. From Japan: A Lecture (1916, British India) Rabindranath Tagore ii. Manifesto of the Indian Progressive Writers’ Association
(1936, British India/UK)
Mulk Raj Anand iii. Introduction to A Stranger in Iran (1957, Pakistan/US)
N. M. Rashed
Translated by A. Sean Pue iv. The Portrait of the Artist as a Notun Samalochak (1968, India/US)
Malay Roy Choudhury
Translated by the author v. The Hungryalist Manifesto on Poetry (1968, India/US)
Malay Roy Choudhury
Translated by the author vi. Introduction to the New Story (1969, India)
Kamleshwar
Translated by Arshdeep Singh Brar and Rudrani Gangopadhyay vii. From The True Story of Satyakatha (1969, India)
Raja Dhale
Translated by Sadhana Bhagwat viii. Modern Literature (c. 1986–7, India)
Ka. Naa. Subramanyam
Translated by Darun Subramaniam 9 Chinese Modernism i. Some Thoughts on Our New Literature (1929, Republic of China)
Lu Xun
Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang ii. Dai Wangshu’s Poetic Theory (1932, Republic of China)
Dai Wangshu
Translated by Kirk A. Denton iii. Dream of Genius (1940, Republic of China)
Eileen Chang
Translated by Karen Kingsbury iv. Explicating the Tenets of the Modernist School (1956, Taiwan)
Ji Xian
Translated by Paul Manfredi v. The New Poetry—A Turning Point? (A Misty Manifesto)
(1980, People’s Republic of China)
Hong Huang
Translated and adapted by Zhu Zhiyu with John Minford vi. Without Isms (1993, People’s Republic of China/France)
Gao Xingjian
Translated by Mabel Lee vii. A Particular Sort of Story (2003, People’s Republic of China) Can Xue Translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping 10 Modernism in Japan i. My Futurism in Action (1921, Japan)
Hirato Renkichi
Translated by Sho Sugita ii. Red and Black Manifesto (1923, Japan) Translated by Tom Baudinette iii. An Artistic Inquiry into the Barrack Towns (1924, Japan)
Hagiwara Kyojiro
Translated by Sho Sugita iv. Novels without a “Story-Like” Story (1927, Japan)
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
Translated by Sho Sugita v. On Wall Stories and “Short” Short Stories: A New Approach to
Proletarian Literature (1931, Japan)
Kobayashi Takiji
Translated by Ann Sherif vi. When Passing between Trees (1930s, Japan)
Sagawa Chika
Translated by Sawako Nakayasu vii. Literature of the Lost Home (1933, Japan) Kobayashi Hideo Translated by Paul Anderer 11 Korean Modernism i. Misconstrued “Dada”: For Kim Kijin (1924, Korea)
Ko Dada
Translated by Nagi Yoshikawa, with Sho Sugita ii. Soliloquies of “Pierrot”—Fragmentary Notions on “Poésie” (1931, Korea)
Kim Kirim
Translated by Walter K. Lew iii. The Expansion and Deepening of Realism: On Scenes by a Stream and
“Wings,” I and II (1936, Korea)
Ch’oe Chaesŏ
Translated by Christopher P. Hanscom 12 Modernism in Vietnam i. Manifesto of the Self-Reliant Literary Group (1934, Vietnam)
Translated by Chi P. Pham 13 Malay Modernism i. Our Art (1950, Malaysia)
Mohd Salehuddin
Translated by Muhamad Nasri Mohamad Shah ii. Which Art Is for Us? (1954, Malaysia)
Anonymous
Translated by Muhamad Nasri Mohamad Shah 14 Modernism in the South Pacific i. Why I Became a Convert to Modern Art (1923, Australia)
Margaret Preston ii. Some Aspects of N.Z. Art and Letters (1934, New Zealand)
A. R. D. Fairburn iii. Ern Malley, Poet of Debunk: Full Story from the Two Authors
(1944, Australia)
James McAuley and Harold Stewart iv. From Modern Trends in Maori Art Forms (1968, New Zealand)
Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira v. Towards a New Oceania (1976, Sāmoa/Fiji)
Albert Wendt 15 Modernism of the Ashkenazi Jewish Diaspora i. The Introspectivist Manifesto (1919, US)
Yankev Glatshteyn, Aaron Glantz-Leyeles, and Nachum Baruch Minkov
Translated by Anita Norich ii. Procession IV: “Every New Poet: Proem” (1932, US)
Mikhl Likht
Translated by Ariel Resnikoff and Stephen J. Ross iii. “Afterword” to Mannequins (1934, Poland)
Devorah Fogel
Translated by Ariel Resnikoff iv. From Whom Did I Take Permission? (1979, Israel)
Avot Yeshurun
Translated by Ariel Resnikoff Index