{"title":"Jed Rasula","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJed Rasula\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts works that blend vivid storytelling with insightful explorations of culture and history. His writing often delves into the intersections of art, memory, and the human experience, inviting readers to engage deeply with both the personal and the universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a rich tapestry of biography and memoir, illuminated by a profound understanding of the arts and cultural moments. Whether reflecting on literary figures or broader historical themes, Rasula’s books offer thoughtful narratives that resonate beyond their pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"destruction-was-my-beatrice-by-jed-rasula-9780465089963","title":"Destruction Was My Beatrice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1916, as World War I raged around them, a group of bohemians gathered at a small cabaret in Zurich, Switzerland. After decorating the walls with art by Picasso and other avant-garde artists, they embarked on a series of extravagant performances. Three readers simultaneously recited a poem in three languages; a monocle-wearing teenager performed a spell from New Zealand; another young man sneered at the audience, snapping a whip as he intoned his \u003cem\u003eFantastic Prayers\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the artists called these sessions \"both buffoonery and a requiem mass.\" Soon they would have a more evocative name: Dada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDestruction Was My Beatrice\u003c\/em\u003e, modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of Dada, showing how this little-understood artistic phenomenon laid the foundation for culture as we know it today. 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Burroughs, Robert Rauschenberg, Marshall McLuhan, the Beatles, Monty Python, David Byrne, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, all of whom, along with untold others, owe a debt to the bizarre wartime escapades of the Dada vanguard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA globe-spanning narrative that resurrects some of the 20th century's most influential artistic figures, \u003cem\u003eDestruction Was My Beatrice\u003c\/em\u003e describes how Dada burst upon the world in the midst of total war, and how the effects of this explosion are still reverberating today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46804661403884,"sku":"9780465089963","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15835763482353.jpg?v=1757418613"},{"product_id":"what-the-thunder-said-by-jed-rasula-9780691225791","title":"What the Thunder Said","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen T. 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In \u003cem\u003eWhat the Thunder Said\u003c\/em\u003e, Rasula tells the story of how \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e changed poetry forever and how this cultural bombshell served as a harbinger of modernist revolution in all the arts, from abstraction in visual art to atonality in music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom its famous opening, 'April is the cruellest month, breeding \/ Lilacs out of the dead land', to its closing Sanskrit mantra, 'Shantih shantih shantih', \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e combined singular imagery, experimental technique, and dense allusions, boldly fulfilling Ezra Pound's injunction to 'make it new'. \u003cem\u003eWhat the Thunder Said\u003c\/em\u003e traces the origins, reception, and enduring influence of the poem, from its roots in Wagnerism and French Symbolism to the way its strangely beguiling music continues to inspire readers. 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