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The end of Oulipo? : an attempt to exhaust a movement / Lauren Elkin and Scott Esposito.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elkin, Lauren.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oulipo (Association).
- Physical Description:
- 109 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Winchester, UK ; Washington, USA : Zero Books, 2013.
- Summary:
- The Oulipo celebrated its fiftieth birthday in 2010, and as it enters its sixth decade, its members, fans, and critics are all wondering: where can it go from here? In two long essays Scott Esposito and Lauren Elkin consider Oulipo's strengths, weaknesses, and impact on today's experimental literature. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1
- Eight Glances Past Georges Perec 13
- Reality 13
- Truthism 23
- Negation 26
- Plagiarism 43
- Remainder 45
- Exhaustion 50
- Experiments 55
- Perception is Never Finished 62
- Part 2
- Oulipo Lite 66
- 69 Theses, Notes, and Observations on Why Hervé Le Tellier Matters 70
- Oulipo and Sexism 75
- Desire and Decline 80
- Put Love in the Title 84
- Enough About Stereotypes 88
- Love and Exhaustion 91
- How Would You Like Your Oulipo? 96
- A By No Means Exhaustive History of the Oulipo 102
- Further Reading 107.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109).
- ISBN:
- 9781780996554
- 1780996551
- OCLC:
- 818462398
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