Il processo e l'assoluzione di "Mafarka il Futurista" by F. T. Marinetti et al.

"Il processo e l'assoluzione di 'Mafarka il Futurista'" by F. T. Marinetti is a historical account documenting a controversial trial held in early 20th-century Italy. The book centers on the trial of Marinetti, the author of "Mafarka il Futurista," accused of obscenity due to the provocative themes in his work, which ignited passionate debates among futurists and their critics. The opening of the text sets the scene for the trial, taking place on October 8, 1910, in a crowded Milanese courtroom filled with supporters and detractors of Marinetti’s avant-garde literary movement. The Public Prosecutor contends the need for a closed hearing due to indecent content, but Marinetti's defense leads a vibrant argument advocating the value of artistic expression and the necessity of portraying raw human emotions without succumbing to societal censorship. Throughout his testimony, Marinetti passionately defends the artistic merit of his work and the futurist movement, emphasizing a call for intellectual and artistic freedom. The narrative reveals tensions between traditional values and modernist ideals while foreshadowing the broader cultural discourse surrounding art and morality during this dynamic period in Italian history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944
Author Barzilai, Salvatore
Author Cappa, Innocenzo, 1875-1954
Author Capuana, Luigi, 1839-1915
Author Sarfatti, Cesare
Title Il processo e l'assoluzione di "Mafarka il Futurista"
Credits Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Reading Level Reading ease score: 35.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Italian
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso, 1876-1944. Mafarka le futuriste
Subject Futurism (Literary movement)
Category Text
eBook-No. 25211
Release Date
Last Update Jan 3, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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