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Oulipo Compendium

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Anthology of prose, poetry and literary critcism. "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-ofContinue

Anthology of prose, poetry and literary critcism. "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.

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    Cape Y2K once safely rounded, and we shall be faced in short order by 2002, a date that stands suggestively out to the numerological eye as a palindrome. We’re allowed only one of these amphisbaenic years per century, though we lived through the last ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

  • Oulipo Compendium

    The Oulipo is a (largely French) group devoted to "potential literature", broadly the use of rigorous formal constraints in literature. In the Oulipo Compendium Harry Mathews, a member of the Oulipo himself, has produced the best guide to the group a ... (read full critics)

    dannyreviews published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 336 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0947757961
  • ISBN-13: 9780947757960
  • Publisher: Exact Change
  • Pub date: Nov 01, 1998
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