Abecedarium / Dennis Cooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooley, Dennis, 1944- author.

Series:

Robert Kroetsch series.

Robert Kroetsch Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

would you believe me when i make consorts of alphabet runaways & stayathomes i have rounded up where they wandered all over the page Dennis Cooley masterfully extends the genre of the abecedary to explore his curiosity of the limitlessness of human communication. With linguistic wit and complexity, his poetry carries the reader through the historical developments of the alphabet. He pries open letters and words to play with both their immediate meaning and the possibilities within the words themselves, creating surprises as he explores spelling, sound, syntax, and pronunciation. After reading Cooley's abecedarium you'll never look at language the same way. Lovers of experimental poetry as well as those interested in linguistic play or the history of language will relish the rapid-fire shifts and musicality of Cooley's newest collection of poetry.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

PREFACE

at the window

a childs book of verses

a long funny book

sammy b makes it to estevan

in the book of secret alphabets

OF SUSPECT WORDS FROM THE FILE: tammy:

the means justify

& if it changes

hyoid

love non-alpha

cmon and get over it

&&

deixis

so to speak

The seven scruples of Kroetsch

where in the ear

you know what gets me

feet first

badly overt-X-ed

prefer ring

fabrication 7

hallelujah

it is significant

meaning

olitos suknaski

good pitching is almost always

a slip of the pen

One big fat zero

and so on & so

Bill is a bloomin loomin airy

this is true

crow speaks of first & last things

i dont know

as for me & my id

narratologee

how odd she said

the runners press

fabrication 4

home thoughts

what would you say

dear muse

i dont know why you say

Pref:

lungs flapping

at any and

type face

what every Canadian should know

when I think

the postmodern journalist dreams

i kept a log: ::

to hear her tell it

ill is it

who is who

i do not want to believe

the biologist goes acourting

you better believe

marshall broods over the creation

how can i

come posit, or

acknowledgements

about the author

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781772120332

1772120332

OCLC:

867897558