Exercises in criticism
Subtitle: the theory and practice of literary constraint
By: Louis Bury
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Champaign
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781628971057
Subjects: Modern Literature; History and criticism
Description: "Exercise in Criticism is an experiment in applied poetics in which critic and poet Louis Bury utilizes constraint-based methods in order to write about constraint-based literature. By tracing the lineage and enduring influence of early Oulipian classics, he argues that contemporary American writers have, in their adoption of constraint-based methods, transformed such methods from apolitical literary laboratory exercises into a form of culture critique, whose usage is surprisingly widespread, particularly among poets and 'experimental' novelists."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332).