Gunter Berghaus

International Futurism in Arts and Lit. Gunter Berghaus

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This publication offers for the first time an inter-disciplinary and comparative perspective on futurism in a variety of countries and artistic media. 20 scholars discuss how the movement shaped the concept of a cultural avant-garde and how it influenced the development of modernist art and literature around the world. Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 208 (EAN 9783110156812, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Berghaus, Gunter GUNTER BERGHAUS is a Reader in Theatre History and Performance Studies at the Drama Department, University of Bristol. He has published extensively on theatre anthropology, ritual studies, avant-garde performance, and Renaissance and Baroque theatre. He has served as principal organizer of several international conferences and has held research awards from the Polish Academy of Sciences, the German Research Foundation, the Italian Ministry of Culture, the British Academy, and the Brazilian Ministry of Education.