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105 Chapter Fourteen:

THE CONTRADICTIONS OF KHLEBNIKOV—REAL OR IMAGINED?

The ground has now been prepared for a discussion of the main theme: the underlying logic connecting together the various aspects of Khlebnikov's thought and work. His love of the past is usually thought of as being inconsistent with his "futurism". This brief chapter simply presents this misconception without dealing with it in any depth: it will be answered in the chapters following.