#Vítězslav Nezval

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Vítězslav Nezval, Valerie and her Week of Wonders

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

KAREL TEIGE

Presented here are the typographic photomontage designs by Czech avant-garde artist, writer, and designer Karel Teige (1900-1951) for the 24-poem sequence Abeceda (Prague, 1926) by his friend Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958), featuring dancer Milča Mayerová (1901-1977). All were members of the Czech avant-garde group Devětsil (1926-1930). These images are reproduced in ABZ, edited by Julian Rothenstein and Mel Gooding, and published in San Francisco by Chronicle Books in 2003 (an earlier edition was published by Shambhala in 1993 as Alphabets & Other Signs).

Teige's designs are a demonstration of his Constructivist aim to create a new "optical language, a system of signs capable of embodying words in graphic figures." They are a manifestation of what László Moholy-Nagy had called for in his influential 1925 Bauhaus book Painting, Photography, Film -- the dynamic combination of photographic image and lettering he termed "typofoto."

View our other Typography Tuesday posts.

[theoutcastrogue]

Prague skyline at dusk, 1960s, by Josef Sudek

Sunrise on the Charles Bridge, by Bradley Weber (CC BY 2.0)

Church of Our Lady before Týn, by Shawn Harquail (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Golden morning in Prague, by Alex Drop (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

City of Spires

Hundred-Spired Prague With the fingers of all saints With the fingers of perjury With the fingers of fire and hail With the fingers of a musician With the intoxicating fingers of women lying on their backs With the fingers touching the stars On the abacus of night […]

With fingers of coral mornings With fingers pointing upwards With the cut-off fingers of rain and the Týn Church on the glove of nightfall With the fingers of the desecrated Host With the fingers of inspiration With long jointless fingers With the fingers with which I am writing this poem

— Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958), translation by Ewald Osers in From a Terrace in Prague: A Prague Poetry Anthology

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[majestativa]

Leaving tracks That end On the marble stairs Leading To infinity.

— Vítězslav Nezval, The Absolute Gravedigger, transl by Stephan Delbos and Tereza Novická, (2016)

[lightsinthemist]

Valerie came to the courtyard with oil lamp in her hand. It was full moon...Her bare feet touched the moonlight.

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Vítězslav Nezval)

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Libuše Šafránková in Hide And Seek on the Stairs (Schovávaná na schodech) 1972, TV, dir. Anna Procházková IMDB

[kaggsy59]

"...I shall never consent to contribute to a universal dejection." @TwistSpoonPress #apragueflaneur

As I’ve mentioned several times on the Ramblings, a favourite indie publisher is Twisted Spoon, an outfit based in Prague. I’ve reviewed a number of their books here, most recently the rather wonderful and very clever “The Unfinished Life of Phoebe Hicks“, and so I was attracted by a new release on their list – “A Prague Flaneur” by Vítězslav Nezval, translated and edited by Jed Slast. Nezval is…

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Ornan Rotem

A Typographic Abecedarium (2015) A Typographic Abecedarium (2015) Ornan Rotem Perfect bound in a softcover case. H174 x W176 mm. 136 pages 1 poster (64 x 48 cm, folded to 16 x 16 cm). Acquired from Devils in the Detail Ltd, 14 March 2023. Photos of the book: Books On Books Collection. Displayed with permission of the artist. Ornan Rotem calls his book a “photo-typographic essay … a meditation ……

[peripherals-world]

There’s nothing so enchanting as a glimpse of the innumerable mysteries that surround us.

[persephonethewanderer]

give us gothic literature recs!!!!

here you go anon!

FICTION:

wuthering heights, emily brontë

jane eyre, charlotte brontë

the bloody chamber, angela carter

mathilda, mary shelley

we have always lived in the castle, shirley jackson

the yellow wallpaper, charlotte perkins gilman

rebecca, daphne du maurier

carmilla, sheridan le fanu

dracula, bram stoker

frankenstein, mary shelley

the mill on the floss, george eliot

the orphan's tale, catherynne m. valente

the haunting of hill house, shirley jackson

my cousin rachel, daphne du maurier

the double, fyodor dostoyevsky

the grey woman, elizabeth gaskell

beloved, toni morrison

the fall of the house of usher, edgar allan poe

wise blood, flannery o'connor

white is for witching, helen oyeyemi

wide sargasso sea, jean rhys

our wives under the sea, julia armfield

valerie and her week of wonders, vítězslav nezval

salome, oscar wilde

deathless, catherynne m. valente

piranesi, susanne clarke

picnic at hanging rock, joan lindsay

NON FICTION:

decadent daughters and monstrous mothers: angela carter and european gothic, rebecca munford

the contested castle: gothic novels and the subversion of domestic ideology, kate ferguson ellis

gothic incest: gender, sexuality and transgression, jenny diplacidi

our vampires, ourselves, nina auerbach

the madwoman in the attic, sandra gilbert and susan gubar

a new companion to the gothic, david punter

daughters of the house: modes of the gothic in victorian fiction, alison milbank

women and the gothic, avril horner and sue zlosnik

fairy tale & gothic horror, laura hubner

female gothic histories, diana wallace

women and domestic space in contemporary gothic narratives, andrew hock soon ng

gothic and gender, donna heiland

perils of the night: a feminist study of 19th century gothic, eugenia c. delamotte

the female gothic: new directions, diana wallace and andrew smith

[cherie-doll]

greetings

This blog will be where I dump my stories & fics.

about me: unemployed graduate with too much creativity, she/her, aro, mexican-american, intj, goth/alt, visual-kei lover, metal and kpop enjoyer, likes to play video games, writer, adores reading & literature, into anything vampire related, art & history, ex-horse crazy girl, certified loser and an oxford comma enthusiast

(im ageless to reduce the chances of ppl ik irl finding my acc again, but im not a minor dw)

fav book shelf: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by Vítězslav Nezval, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Emma by Jane Austen, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, The Judgment by Franz Kafka

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۶ৎMasterlist

‗ ❍König:

Only Rule of This World

Brain rot

Brain Rot nsfw

dilf!könig

‗ ❍Horangi:

SFW Alphabet

Invoker!Horangi x Demon!Reader AU

a thought

‗ ❍Ghost:

Words of Violence Break the Silence

Zombie!Ghost x Reader

lol imagine ghost posing for a pic

Simon w/ Chronically ill Reader

‗ ❍Soap:

A thought

‗ ❍Alejandro:

Brain rot

Funny Brain Rot Moment

‗ ❍Rudy:

Funny Brain Rot Moment

Sweet Tooth-Rotting Friends to Lovers Fluff w/ Rudy

‗ ❍Phillip Graves:

Crave

A Shining Star Taken From The Sky

Phillip getting glasses brainrot

Hispanic Phillip Graves lol

First Kiss w/ Phillip hcs!!1 AHHH

Sweet Phillip Graves hcs

‗ ❍Keegan:

Oblivious

Oblivious #2

SFW Alphabet

Keegan x Assassin!Reader

Keegan w/ a clingy, tired Reader

Sharing Barracks w/ Keegan

Grumpy!Keegan x Pregnant Wife!Reader

Kissing Keegan Through His Mask

Keegan Having A Nightmare

First Kiss w/Keegan hcs!!1!

there is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin

Yandere!Keegan x Reader

‗ ❍Nikto:

Arranged Marriage!Nikto x Reader

‗ ❍Adler:

Adler x Medic!Reader hcs

𓆩♡𓆪Headcanons:

The Orange Peel Test

Beauty Mark

When They Come Back

They Realize They’re In Love With You

Night Routine

Their Dream Life With You

Missing You While They’re Away

Them As Parents

Them As Parents #2

Hidden Affection

Miniskirt

Summer With Them

Their First Date With You

They're At Sephora Buying Your Makeup

They're At Sephora Buying Your Makeup #2

You Use The Head Massage Spider Thing On Them

They Pay For What You Want

Taking Care Of You While You're Sick

You're A Bookworm

You’ve Got Sleeping Issues

Royalty x Knight

Binge Eating

Convincing Them To Get A Pet

Would They Defend You If You Were A Witch

COD Men As Werewolves

COD Characters + Metal Band AU

That Boxing Machine Game Trend

COD Characters + Mythical/Monsters/Weirdos AU

Scaring The COD Men

That Boxing Machine Game Trend Pt. 2

You're Allergic To Pets

COD Men + Victorian Era + Vampires

When They Propose

Yandere!Cod Men x Reader

Yandere!Cod Men x Reader Pt. 2

They're Jealous

You Get A Retired Military Dog

COD Men Reacting To You Being In A Car Crash

More Yandere!Walker Hcs!1!

Their Reactions To Someone Insulting You

They're Your Bodyguards (Royalty x Knight AU Part #2)

໒꒱ྀ།Other

Who I would Kiss, Marry, Kill But Make It Interesting

Their Sun Signs

Their MBTI

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Disclaimer: the paintings/images used in my posts are not intended to depict those who read my writing. I refrain from using physical descriptions of readers in my writing so no one feels as if I am catering only to a selected audience. The imagery is solely for aesthetic purposes, thank you.

[ivoryteacups]

hihi im isla welcome to my blog(๑￫‿￩๑)

~ 15

~ capricorn sun,

libra rising,

gemini moon

~ infj

i love 60s stuff, pretty flowers and bunnies

~ my fav movie is annihilation

~ fav books are - valerie and her week of wonders by vítězslav nezval and sharp objects by gillian flynn

i mostly post about lana del rey but some of my other favs are - black box recorder, mazzy star, the cure, fiona apple, elvis presley and david bowie

(also i love one piece but i dont post about it •ᴗ• )

[majestativa]

Death Is [...] Love A grand art That must be studied One’s whole life.

— Vítězslav Nezval, The Absolute Gravedigger, transl by Stephan Delbos and Tereza Novická, (2016)

[lightsinthemist]

She lied down in the carriage as if in bed, and went gazing at her bare feet in the moonlight. As she was looking at them, it seemed to her, as if little spider weaved a thread on her inner thigh. She lifted her eyes to the sky and haven't thought again about the strange feeling. (...) Another rooster called out and other two responded to him from a great distance. But the night was still the same. When the girl looked to the door, she saw perhaps ten moths stubbornly flying around the lamp. It seemed to her as if the spider reached all the way to the ankle of her left leg. She looked at it and to her great fright she saw that a small rivulet of blood is spurting over her ankle.

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Vítězslav Nezval)

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Toyen (Marie Čermínová), collages, c. 1967

Toyen (born Marie Čermínová; 21 September 1902 – 9 November 1980), was a Czech painter, drafter, and illustrator and a member of the surrealist movement. Via Wikipedia In 1923, the artist adopted the professional pseudonym Toyen.

The name Toyen has been suggested to be derived from the French word 'citoyen,' meaning citizen, but it has also been proposed to be a play on the Czech expression ‘to je on’ (‘it is he’). Toyen favored the gender-neutral name and would speak Czech in the masculine singular form. Vítězslav Nezval wrote that Toyen "refused... to use the feminine endings" when speaking in the first person.

Toyen left the family home at sixteen, and it has been speculated it was due to sympathy towards anarchism.

Toyen was assigned female at birth, but appears to have preferred a less-gendered identification. Some people compare Toyen with "other Surrealist women" (Claude Cahun, Leonora Carrington, and a handful of others) also via Wikipedia