Futurists, Pulp Fiction, and Silver Age Poetry (Thursday, Sept. 3)

On Thursday we will do the groundwork for your next posts. There are excerpts from Nat Pinkerton (King of Detectives) Anna Verbitskaya in Scholar. Please read them, along with the Futurist Manifestos (Maykovsky’s “Slap in the Face of Public Taste” is also here), and Alexander Blok’s poem, Scythians (RR pp. 13-15).  Please make sure you have access to these texts during class. Poetry lovers might also want to check out some Silver Age Poetry, or keep it mind as a possible research topic. Blog guidelines for this week will be posted on Thursday.