Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature (English and French Edition) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803281315 ISBN 13: 9780803281318

Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1986

Synopsis

An anthology of writing by members of the group Oulipo. The Oulipians view imaginative writing as an exercise dominated by constraints, attempting to write stories in which strict rules are imposed and followed. Providing a contribution to literary theory and a guide to writers and students of creative writing. Originally published in 1986.

About this title

About the Author

Warren Motte is chair of the Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he specializes in contemporary writing and focuses particularly on experimental works that challenge conventional notions of literary form. He has written several studies of contemporary French Literature, including Fables of the Novel: French Fiction Since 1990, available from Dalkey Archive Press. Translator and editor of Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature, he also edited an issue of the journal SubStance dedicated to the work of Jacques Jouet, and is a contributing editor to Context magazine.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0803281315
• ISBN 13: 9780803281318
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 210
• Editor: Motte Warren F.