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Tara Prescott is a lecturer in writing programs at the University of California, Los Angeles.
This book provides new explications of Loy's most redolent poems from The Lost Lunar Baedeker. It offers a short biography, an explanation of Loy's composition process, and compelling close readings that uncover the source materials that inspired her poetry, including modern artwork, Baedeker travel guides, and long-forgotten cultural venues.
AcknowledgementsMina Loy: Her Life and LifeworkAn Aesthetic InvitationPart I: FUTURISM X FEMINISM: THE CIRCLE SQUARED (POEMS 1914¿1920)Chapter 1: Women in Space and TimePart II: SONGS TO JOANNES (1917)Chapter 2: Pig Cupid and PsychePart III: CORPSES AND GENIUSES (POEMS 1919¿1930)Chapter 3: Portrait of the Poet as a Young ArtistChapter 4: Loy¿s CoterieChapter 5: Exilic TravelsPart IV: COMPENSATIONS OF POVERTYChapter 6: Urban BricoleurEpilogopoeia: The Lost Lunar Baedeker FoundAppendicesBibliographyAbout the Author