Guerra sola igiene del mondo

poetry by Marinetti

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"Guerra sola igiene del mondo" (War the Only Hygiene of the World) is a 1915 volume of poetry by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Marinetti was the founder of Futurism, an early 20th-century movement that celebrated dynamism, speed, and the machine, while rejecting traditional values. In this work, Marinetti exulted over the outbreak of World War I and advocated for Italy's involvement. The poetry reflects Futurist experimentation with language, often employing "words-in-freedom" and onomatopoeia to convey the intensity of war.12

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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
In a volume of poems, Guerra sola igiene del mondo (1915; “War the Only Hygiene of the World”), Marinetti exulted over the outbreak of World War I and urged that Italy be involved. He became an active Fascist, an enthusiastic backer of Mussolini, and argued in Futurismo e Fascismo (1924)…
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In a volume of poems, Guerra sola igiene del mondo (1915; “War the Only Hygiene of the World”), Marinetti exulted over the outbreak of World War I and urged that Italy be involved. He became an active Fascist, an enthusiastic backer of Mussolini, and argued in Futurismo e Fascismo (1924)…
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