Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. A Biographical Sketch 4
6. Polish Futurism: Its Origin and Aesthetic Programme 10
7. The Poetry of Bruno Jasieński and the Futurist Quest to Renovate Poetic Language 23
8. The Lay of jakub Szela and Folklore 59
9. I Burn Paris—A Utopian Novel 74
10. Bruno Jasieński and Soviet Literary Life 1929-1934 86
11. Man Changes His Skin and the Industrial Novel 93
12. Socialist Realism in "Bravery" and A Conspiracy of the Indifferent 110
13. Grotesque Elements in The Ball of the Mannequins and "The Nose" 117
14. Conclusion 125
15. A Selection of Bruno Jasieński's Poetry with Prose Translation of Each Poem 128
16. A Selected Bibliography 142
17. Index 146