{"product_id":"i-am-a-beautiful-monster-poetry-prose-and-provocation-9780262517485","title":"I Am a Beautiful Monster: Poetry, Prose, and Provocation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first definitive edition in English of writings by poet, painter, pickpocket-plagiarist, and consummate anti-artist Francis Picabia, one of Dada's leading figures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, painter, self-described funny guy, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and anti-artist par excellence, Francis Picabia was a defining figure in the Dada movement; indeed, Andr  Breton called Picabia one of the only \"true\" Dadas. Yet very little of Picabia's poetry and prose has been translated into English, and his literary experiments have never been the subject of close critical study.\u003ci\u003e I Am a Beautiful Monster\u003c\/i\u003e is the first definitive edition in English of Picabia's writings, gathering a sizable array of Picabia's poetry and prose and, most importantly, providing a critical context for it with an extensive introduction and detailed notes by the translator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicabia's poetry and prose is belligerent, abstract, polemical, radical, and sometimes simply baffling. For too long, Picabia's writings have been presented as raw events, rule-breaking manifestations of inspirational \u003ci\u003ecarpe diem\u003c\/i\u003e. This book reveals them to be something entirely different: maddening in their resistance to meaning, full of outrageous posturing, and hiding a frail, confused, and fitful personality behind egoistic bravura.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am a Beautiful Monster\u003c\/i\u003e provides the texts of of Picabia's significant publications, all presented complete, many of them accompanied by their original illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16600657\"\u003eFrancis Picabia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.73h x 6.82w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262517485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262517485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO008020\"\u003eEuropean | French\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Picabia (1879--1953), painter and poet, was a leading figure in the Dada movement. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44686389641453,"sku":"9780262517485","price":83.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_227e4b37-8902-44ab-901c-c79694177738.jpg?v=1703642210","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/i-am-a-beautiful-monster-poetry-prose-and-provocation-9780262517485","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}