1. French Anarchism and Italian Futurism: 1890-1920
As Taylor explains; "Already a familiar figure in the cafe society of Paris, Marinetti had met and become friendly with a number of important literary and artistic figures... he had written his first play Le Roi Bombance in admiring imitation of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi"3. ... Too much anarchist ideology would render the play unpopular and unsuccessful amongst the masses, whilst too much palatable entertainment and 'watered down' anarchy would displease the anarchists and misrepresent the movement. ... Whilst the French anarchist movement often struggled to fully articulate the r...
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