From Publishers Weekly
Covering 1920- 1921, these journals offer an intimate glimpse into the founder of Cabaret Voltaire, the avant-garde hot spot that served as the birthplace of Dada. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Library Journal
Published posthumously in 1974, Ball's work chronicles the beginnings of the Dada movement in Europe between 1910 and 1921.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Publishers Weekly
"A rich feast for historians, art lovers and devotees of esoteric literature."


Book Description
Hugo Ballpoet, philosopher, novelist, cabaret performer, journalist, mysticwas a man extremely sensitive to the currents of his time and carried in their wake. In February 1916 he founded the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. The sound poems and performance art by Ball and the other artists who gathered there were the beginnings of Dada. Ball's extraordinary diaries, one of the most significant products of the Dada movement, are here available in English in paperback for the first time, along with the original Dada manifesto and John Elderfield's critical introduction, revised and updated for the paperback edition, and a supplementary bibliography of Dada texts that have appeared since the 1974 hardcover edition of this book.


Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German


From the Back Cover
"A key document. . . . Indispensable for an understanding of the beginnings of the Dada movement and Dada in Zurich." (Rudolf Kuenzli, Director, International Dada Archive)


About the Author
Hugo Ball (1886-1927) was the author of Herman Hesse, His Life and Work and Flight Out of Time, his edited diaries from 1910-1921, published in German editions in 1927. John Elderfield is Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the author of books on Henri Matisse, Kurt Schwitters, and others.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Hugo Ball—poet, philosopher, novelist, cabaret performer, journalist, mystic—was a man extremely sensitive to the currents of his time and carried in their wake. In February 1916 he founded the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. The sound poems and performance art by Ball and the other artists who gathered there were the beginnings of Dada. Ball's extraordinary diaries, one of the most significant products of the Dada movement, are here available in English in paperback for the first time, along with the original Dada manifesto and John Elderfield's critical introduction, revised and updated for the paperback edition, and a supplementary bibliography of Dada texts that have appeared since the 1974 hardcover edition of this book.

Author Biography: Hugo Ball (1886-1927) was the author of Herman Hesse, His Life and Work and Flight Out of Time, his edited diaries from 1910-1921, published in German editions in 1927. John Elderfield is Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the author of books on Henri Matisse, Kurt Schwitters, and others.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Covering 1920- 1921, these journals offer an intimate glimpse into the founder of Cabaret Voltaire, the avant-garde hot spot that served as the birthplace of Dada. (May)

Library Journal