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Author:
Andrews, Chris, 1962- author.
Title:
How to do things with forms : the Oulipo and its inventions / Chris Andrews.
Publisher:
McGill-Queen's University Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xx, 378 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Subject:
Oulipo (Association)
Oulipo (Association)
1900-1999
Mathematics and literature.
Literature, Experimental--France--History and criticism.
French literature--20th century--History and criticism.
French literature.
Literature, Experimental.
Mathematics and literature.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311 - 345) and index.
Contents:
What the Oulipo Was Not -- Kinds of Rules -- Automation, Craft, and Imitation -- Manipulation, Translation, and Composition -- Meaningful Forms and Clinamen -- Revelation and Dissimulation -- Games Gone Wrong -- Potentiality, Uptake, and Spread -- What Has Become of the Oulipo?
Summary:
"The Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle, or Workshop for Potential Literature) is a literary think tank that brings together writers and mathematicians. Since 1960, its worldwide influence has refreshed ways of making and thinking about literature. How to Do Things with Forms assesses the work of the group, explores where it came from, and envisages its future. Redefining the Oulipo's key concept of the constraint in a clear and rigorous way, Chris Andrews weighs the roles of craft and imitation in the group's practice. He highlights the importance of translation for the Oulipo's writers, explaining how their new forms convey meanings and how these famously playful authors are also moved by serious concerns. Offering fresh interpretations of emblematic Oulipian works such as Georges Perec's Life: A User's Manual, Andrews also examines lesser-known texts by Jacques Roubaud, Anne F. Garréta, and Michelle Grangaud. How to Do Things with Forms addresses questions of interest to anyone involved in the making of literature, illuminating how writers decide when to stop revising, the risks and benefits of a project mentality in creative writing, and ways of holding a reader's interest for as long as possible."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780228011415
0228011418
9780228011637
0228011639
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1277274464
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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