Vladimir Mayakovsky and Thomas Sharp Meet on Mount Olympus

Rk Jarvis

Vladimir Mayakovsky and Thomas Sharp Meet on Mount Olympus

Rk Jarvis

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Abstract

Vladimir Mayakovsky is usually regarded as a poet, Thoma Sharp as an urbanist. This paper reverses those on the basis that Mayakovsky regarded his writing as work towards building a socialist utopia, while his near contemporary Thomas Sharp regarded himself (and was) a poet.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning - Duration: 15 Jul 2009 → …

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Conference	23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning
Period	15/07/09 → …

Keywords

Poetry
unexpected connections
Comparative studies
Writers as urbanists

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