Destruction of Syntax–Wireless Imagination–Words-in-Freedom
manifesto
Also known as: “Distruzione della sintassi–Iimmaginazione senza fili–Pparole in libertà”
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Futurism
- In Futurism: Literature
…fili–parole in libertà (1913; “Destruction of Syntax–Wireless Imagination–Words-in-Freedom”), represented Marinetti’s demands for a pared-down elliptical language, stripped of adjectives and adverbs, with verbs in the infinitive and mathematical signs and word pairings used to convey information more economically and more boldly. The resultant “telegraphic lyricism” is most effective in…
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