%0 Journal Article
%T DE-HISTORICISING THE AVANT-GARDE: AN ¡°OUTOF- TIME¡± READING OF THE ANTI-LOVE POLEMIC IN THE WRITINGS OF TOMMASO MARINETTI AND VALENTINE DE SAINT-POINT
%A Castiglione
%A Vera
%J 452o F : Revista de Teor¨ªa de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada
%D 2011
%I Asociaci¨®n 452?F
%X The present paper discusses Tommaso Marinetti¡¯s and Valentine de Saint-Point¡¯s treatment of the theme of love in relation to the ongoing theoretical debate on the death of the avant-garde. It examines some of the most controversial texts against love written by the two futurist authors and explores the possibility of a non-historicist approach to these writings. In particular, using the Derridean notion of textual ¡°transplantability¡±, the paper re-situates the Futurist polemic against love in contemporary culture and suggests an ¡°un-timely¡± connection between the cultural context of the old avant-garde and the present time. In the light of this connection, the paper argues for a broader understanding of the relationship between the ¡°dead¡± and the ¡°living¡± in avant-garde studies.
%K Avant-garde
%K Futurism
%K Love
%K Death of the avant-garde
%K Marinetti
%K De Saint-Point
%U http://www.452f.com/pdf/numero05/castiglione/05_452f_castiglione_indiv.pdf