Form and Meaning in Avant-Garde Collage and Montage

Magda Dragu is Visiting Scholar in the Department of Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

• Part One: Theories of intermediality: form and meaning1. The history2. The theoryPart Two: Collage 3. A heterogeneous articulation of meaning: avant-garde visual and verbal collage4. "The whole shebang!": musical collage and meaning Part Three: From collage to montage5. ‘Transparent’ replacements: visual collage and heterogeneous photomontage6. Intermedial models: film montage and homogeneous photomontage7. Chasing the ‘greased pig’ of meaning: literary and musical montage

"Dragu’s book is ... a valuable addition to the field of modernist studies. The meticulous research conducted is a particular strength of the volume."--The Modernist Review"Dragu’s book is a much-needed, meticulously researched and highly original contribution to a field that is undergoing a resurgence of critical interest."--Polish Journal of English Studies"Dragu’s book helps one better comprehend the materiality of the literary and artistic works of the early avant-garde employing the techniques of collage and montage, opening new areas of research and inquiry into the international and national historical avant-gardes." --Mozaicul