In 1921, Ezra Pound wrote to Marianne Moore, "Is there anyone in America except you, Bill (William Carlos Williams), and Mina who can write anything of interest in verse?" Unfortunately, Mina Loy's writing, concerned with subjects like prostitution, menstruation, poverty, and suicide, was largely ignored in her time. Loy has experienced something ...
What separates the chaos of fighting from the coherent ritual of boxing? According to author David Scott, it is a collection of aesthetic constructions, including the shape of the ring, the predictable rhythm of timed rounds, the uniformity of the boxers' glamorous attire, and the stylization of the combatants' posture and punches. In "The Art and ...
Posthumously launched as the "electric-age Blake", Mina Loy's futurist techniques were unlike anything British critics had seen before; her subjects - sex, parturitiion, prostitution, suicide, addiction, retardation - were considered shocking even by some modernists. Updating and correcting the earlier book, this edition features previously ...
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