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| − | ; Literature | + | '''Mina Loy''' (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966), was a British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist, feminist, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first generation modernists to achieve posthumous recognition. Her poetry was admired by [[T. S. Eliot]], [[Ezra Pound]], William Carlos Williams, Basil Bunting, [[Gertrude Stein]], [[Francis Picabia]] and Yvor Winters, among others. |
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| + | ==Writings== | ||
| + | * [https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3483102 "Feminist Manifesto"], [manuscript, 15 Nov 1914], [7] pp; printed in Loy, ''The Last Lunar Baedeker'', 1982; repr. in ''The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy'', 1996. Written in response to F.T. Marinetti’s [[Futurism#Marinetti1909|"Manifesto of Futurism"]]. [https://archive.org/details/CharlesBernsteinReadsMinaLoy 2014 reading by Charles Bernstein]. [https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/mina-loy/] | ||
| + | * "Aphorisms on Futurism" [1914], in ''The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy'', 1996, pp 149-152. | ||
| + | * ''Lunar Baedeker'', Paris: Contact Editions, 1923. | ||
| + | * ''Lunar Baedeker & Time-Tables: Selected Poems'', ed. Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC: Jargon Society, 1958. | ||
| + | * ''The Last Lunar Baedeker'', ed. Roger L. Conover, Highlands, NC: Jargon Society, 1982; new ed. as ''The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy'', ed. Roger L. Conover, New York: Noonday Press, 1996. | ||
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| + | ==Literature== | ||
* Elizabeth Claire Zamzow, ''Mina Loy: Secret Service Buffoon to the Woman's Cause'', Miami University, 1993, 264 pp. | * Elizabeth Claire Zamzow, ''Mina Loy: Secret Service Buffoon to the Woman's Cause'', Miami University, 1993, 264 pp. | ||
* Carolyn Burke, ''Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy'', Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996; University of California Press, 1997, 503 pp. [http://www.carolynburke.com/books/loy_introduction.php Introduction]. | * Carolyn Burke, ''Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy'', Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996; University of California Press, 1997, 503 pp. [http://www.carolynburke.com/books/loy_introduction.php Introduction]. | ||
* Maeera Shreiber, Keith Tuma (eds.), ''Mina Loy: Writer and Poet'', National Poetry Foundation, 1998, 500 pp. | * Maeera Shreiber, Keith Tuma (eds.), ''Mina Loy: Writer and Poet'', National Poetry Foundation, 1998, 500 pp. | ||
| + | * Sandeep Parmar, ''[http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444035/1/U591326.pdf Mina Loy and the Myth of the Modern Woman]'', University of London, 2007. PhD dissertation. | ||
| − | + | ==Links== | |
| − | * | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Loy Wikipedia] |
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Revision as of 10:57, 9 October 2017
Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966), was a British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist, feminist, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first generation modernists to achieve posthumous recognition. Her poetry was admired by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Basil Bunting, Gertrude Stein, Francis Picabia and Yvor Winters, among others.
Writings
- "Feminist Manifesto", [manuscript, 15 Nov 1914], [7] pp; printed in Loy, The Last Lunar Baedeker, 1982; repr. in The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy, 1996. Written in response to F.T. Marinetti’s "Manifesto of Futurism". 2014 reading by Charles Bernstein. [1]
- "Aphorisms on Futurism" [1914], in The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy, 1996, pp 149-152.
- Lunar Baedeker, Paris: Contact Editions, 1923.
- Lunar Baedeker & Time-Tables: Selected Poems, ed. Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC: Jargon Society, 1958.
- The Last Lunar Baedeker, ed. Roger L. Conover, Highlands, NC: Jargon Society, 1982; new ed. as The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy, ed. Roger L. Conover, New York: Noonday Press, 1996.
Literature
- Elizabeth Claire Zamzow, Mina Loy: Secret Service Buffoon to the Woman's Cause, Miami University, 1993, 264 pp.
- Carolyn Burke, Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996; University of California Press, 1997, 503 pp. Introduction.
- Maeera Shreiber, Keith Tuma (eds.), Mina Loy: Writer and Poet, National Poetry Foundation, 1998, 500 pp.
- Sandeep Parmar, Mina Loy and the Myth of the Modern Woman, University of London, 2007. PhD dissertation.
