Zenithism (19211927)

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 Mici? 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 Mici?'s ciné-poemRescue Vehicleand Branko Ve Poljanski's lyric novel77 Suicidesto MID's lyric philosophic treatiseThe Sexual Equilibrium of Money. The zenithists promoted their ideas through their journalZenitand 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.