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The Collages of Kurt Schwitters: Tradition and Innovation
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Art TheoryLiterary HistoryLiterary TheoryArt HistoryArt CriticismMerzbau Conclusion BibliographyPost-colonial CriticismDecolonialityIntroduction 1Kurt SchwittersPoeticsCultural ChaosPublic ScholarshipCultural HistoryLanguage StudiesArtsCultural StudiesIntellectual History
Introduction 1. Political and cultural chaos and the formation of Merz 2. Art after the war: expressionism and dada 3. Merz and expressionism 4. The invention of a new language 5. Play with chaos: the Aquarelle 6. Political inscription 7. Refashioned traditions 8. The Merzbau or the cathedral of erotic misery 9. The fragment reformed: Schwitters's Merzbau Conclusion Bibliography.