How to Do Things with Forms: The Oulipo and Its Inventions 9780228012429

A fresh approach to the highly influential Oulipo group, redefining its key concepts and assessing its achievements. T

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How to Do Things with Forms: The Oulipo and Its Inventions
9780228012429

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Table of contents :
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Translations
Members of the Oulipo
Introduction
1 What the Oulipo Was Not
2 Kinds of Rules
3 Automation, Craft, and Imitation
4 Manipulation, Translation,and Composition
5 Meaningful Forms and Clinamen
6 Revelation and Dissimulation
7 Games Gone Wrong
8 Potentiality, Uptake, and Spread
9 What Has Become of the Oulipo?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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