Oulipo compendium / compiled by Harry Mathews & Alastair Brotchie ; with additional sections devoted to Oulipopo edited by Alistair Brotchie, Paul Gayot & Francis Debyser ; Oupeinpo edited by Thieri Foulc.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mathews, Harry, 1930-2017.

Brotchie, Alastair.

Series:

Atlas arkhive ; 6.

Atlas arkhive ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oulipo (Association).

French literature--20th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Literature--Societies, etc--France.

Literature.

Literature and science--France.

Literature and science.

Literary form.

Literature--Societies, etc.

France.

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Atlas Press, 1998.

Summary:

Anthology of prose, poetry and literary criticism. "oulipo Compendium" is a late 20th-century kabala, a labyrinth of literary secrets that will lure the uninitiated into rethinking everything they know about books and writing. The editors have done an astounding job putting together this nutty, one-of-a-kind book. It is the definitive encyclopedia of contemporary word-magic" (Paul Auster). Oulipo was -is -- a seedbed, a grimace, a carnival. This is an indispensable book for everyone who cares about literature" (Susan Sontag). The "Oulipo Compendium" abounds in material for writers, teachers and scholars; it also offers a cornucopia of entertainment for curious readers. "Oulipans: rats who build the labyrinth from which they plan to escape" (Raymond Queneau).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0947757961

OCLC:

40532993