The alphabet
By: Ron Silliman.
Series: Modern and contemporary poetics
Publisher: University of Alabama Press; University Alabama Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1062
ISBN-13: 9780817354930
Subjects: Experimental poetry
Description: "The Alphabet is a remarkable and notorious literary achievement, decades in the making, one continually debated, discussed, and imitated since fragments first appeared in the 1970s. Consisting of twenty-six smaller books, one for each letter of the alphabet, it employs language in ways that are startling and innovative. Over the course of the three decades during which it has appeared - in journals, magazines, and as stand-alone volumes - its influence has been wide-ranging, both on practicing poets and on critics who have had to contend with the way it has changed the direction of American poetry"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1057]-1062).