How to do things with forms : the Oulipo and its inventions /

"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 t...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Andrews, Chris, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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?