Zenithism (1921-1927): A Yugoslav Avant-Garde Anthology

This is the
first-ever English language anthology of zenithism, an eclectic avant-garde
movement unique to the Yugoslav region that existed 1921-1927. Zenithism's
founder Ljubomir Micic envisioned the movement as a fusion of futurism, dada,
constructivism, expressionism, and proto-surrealism, driven by what he called
the "barbarogenius." A hallmark of the movement was its embrace of cross-genre
writing, from Ljubomir Micic's ciné-poem Rescue
Vehicle and Branko Ve Poljanski's lyric novel 77 Suicides to MID's lyric philosophic treatise The Sexual Equilibrium of Money. The
zenithists promoted their ideas through their journal Zenit and press Biblioteka Zenit. Reaching American readers for the
first time, this anthology sheds light on an untapped chapter in European
modernism ideal for the general and academic reader alike.