An Epithalamium
Subtitle: for Judith Kazantzis and Irving Weinman
Contributors: with collages by Marie Chaix
Edition: A single edition of 93 copies
Publisher: Grenfell Press
Published: U.S.A.
Genres: Poetry
First sentence: "As a Titian sun tints dusk
Description: In 1998, Harry Mathews and Marie Chaix celebrated the marriage of Irving Weinman and Judith Kazantzis with an Epithalamium inspired by Mathews's fellow Oulipian, Georges Perec's re-imagining of the traditional nuptial poem. In Perec's version, the basic rule is that the letters used are restricted to those of the names of the betrothed. In Mathews' 5-part Epithalamium, a further refinement was added, limiting the letters of the first section to those of the bride's name, the second to those of the groom's, alternating until the final section, where the letters of both names are freely mixed.