Avant Canada : Poets, Prophets, Revolutionaries Paperback / softback
Edited by Gregory Betts, Christian Bok
Paperback / softback
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Avant Canada presents a rich collection of original essays and creative works on a representative array of avant-garde literary movements in Canada from the past fifty years.
From the work of Leonard Cohen and bpNichol to that of Jordan Abel and Liz Howard, Avant Canada features twenty-eight of the best writers and critics in the field.The book proposes four dominant modes of avant-garde production: ""Concrete Poetics,"" which accentuates the visual and material aspects of language; ""Language Writing,"" which challenges the interconnection between words and things; ""Identity Writing,"" which interrogates the self and its sociopolitical position; and ""Copyleft Poetics,"" which undermines our habitual assumptions about the ownership of expression.
A fifth section commemorates the importance of the Centennial in the 1960s at a time when avant-garde cultures in Canada began to emerge. Readers of this book will become familiar with some of the most challenging works of literature - and their creators - that this country has ever produced.
From Concrete Poetry in the 1960s through to Indigenous Literature in the 2010s, Avant Canada offers the most sweeping study of the literary avant-garde in Canada to date.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:350 pages, 15 images
- Publisher:Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Publication Date:30/01/2019
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- ISBN:9781771123525
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:350 pages, 15 images
- Publisher:Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Publication Date:30/01/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781771123525