Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven

by Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven

Book Overview

The first major collection of poetry written in English by the flabbergasting and flamboyant Baroness Elsa, "the first American Dada."

As a neurasthenic, kleptomaniac, man-chasing proto-punk poet and artist, the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven left in her wake a ripple that is becoming a rip--one hundred years after she exploded onto the New York art scene. As an agent provocateur within New York's modernist revolution, "the first American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262529750
• ISBN13: 9780262529754
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher