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Gellu Naum’s The Advantage Of Vertebrae. A Solitary and Terrible Object

Publication date: 08.03.2018

Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2017, Volume 12, Issue 4, pp. 277 - 288

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843933ST.17.025.7790

Authors

Jakub Kornhauser
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8904-9788 Orcid
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Gellu Naum’s The Advantage Of Vertebrae. A Solitary and Terrible Object

Abstract

The paper presents one of the most interesting experiments in the Gellu Naum’s Surrealist repertoire, The Advantage of Vertebrae, a cycle of collage poems, created originally in the 40’s, but published late in 1975’s book The Description of the Tower. The poem is de-poetized by removing its teritory to the new context of the fashion-plate’s illustrations. This strange piece of art could also anticipate the formal experiments of the 50’s and 60’s, notably the concrete poetry, or be treated as a representative of liberature, the category invented by Polish poet Zenon Fajfer back in the late 90’s. Fajfer underlines the material aspect of literature as an object: from this point of view, The Advantage of Vertebrae becomes the laboratory of the poetry itself, gaining a new, unlimited identity.

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Information: Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2017, Volume 12, Issue 4, pp. 277 - 288

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
Gellu Naum’s The Advantage Of Vertebrae. A Solitary and Terrible Object
English:

Gellu Naum’s The Advantage Of Vertebrae. A Solitary and Terrible Object

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8904-9788

Jakub Kornhauser
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8904-9788 Orcid
All publications →

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 08.03.2018

Article status: Open

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Jakub Kornhauser (Author) - 100%

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