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

by Chris Andrews

Book Overview

The Oulipo (Ouvroir de litt rature 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 the work of the group, explores where it came from, and envisages its future. Redefining the Oulipo's key concept of the constraint in a clear and rigorous way,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228011639
• ISBN13: 9780228011637
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 376 Pages