Puhtewird (Stream of Dawn) [Poetry collection]

Erni Hiir / Jaan Vahtra cover design & illustrations

Verlag: Ed. Bergmann, Tartun, 1927

Estonian language. Octavo 17 x 22 cm. Weight 220 gr. Wrappers, 66 [2] pp. The Book is in Fine condition without any visible defects, losses, remarks and stains. Minor foxing spots on the cover, otherwise perfect. Prätensioonide laalik "Puhtewird (song-book of complaints according to the author) is third collection of poetry by brightest representative of Futurism in Estonian literature Erni Hiir (1900-1989). He became famous for his futurist manifestos, unexpectedly amaze futurist poetry, which poetics based on experimentation with visual-typographical design, using of non-exsisting and nonsense words, assembling phrases from different languages. But present book in contrast with previous verse collections is considered as a creative peak of writer, poetry Parnassus of young generation. Proletarian, pathetic, revolutionary, opposition poetry, based on criticism of modern society, which was born of a social conscience and belief that better times are coming. Collection includes such great verses as tragical and depressive "Painful Earth", rhythmic "City", bulious "Curse!" and many other poems full of meaning, actual and vital. Here is visible author's developed talent and knowledge of theme, at the same time refusing from redundancy of words and complexity of phrases which characterized his earlier works. But futuristic features based on experimentation with formal extremes are still present. Book cover woodcut design and 3 full-paged original woodcuts created by Jaan Vahtra (1882-1947) Estonian most important modernist artist, who worked in the areas of Expressionism, Cubism and Constructivism. Illustrations for this book is great example of expressionism in Estonian modernist art culture. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 32

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Puhtewird (Stream of Dawn) [Poetry ...
Verlag: Ed. Bergmann, Tartun
Erscheinungsdatum: 1927
Einband: Soft cover
Zustand: Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition