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The graphics of verse : experimental typography in twentieth-century poetry /

Exploiting the expressive possibilities of print - from spacing and indentation to alignment and typeface - is one of the defining ways in which poetry was modernised in the 20th-century. This book explores why British and American poets choose to experiment with the design and lay-out of the printe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matore, Daniel, 1989- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Visual poetry, English > History and criticism.
Visual poetry, American > History and criticism.
English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Poésie visuelle anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Poésie visuelle américaine > Histoire et critique.
Poésie anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
American poetry
English poetry
Visual poetry, American
Visual poetry, English
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Note on Translations and Manuscripts
  • Introduction
  • 1. 'Le vers n'est trs beau que dans un caractre impersonnel: c'est-à-dire typographique': Mallarm's impressions
  • 2. 'Io inizio una rivoluzione tipografica': Typographical Revolutions and English Poetry
  • 3. 'Vers libre be damned': Typographical Experiment and Free Verse
  • 1 Pound's Transmissions
  • 1. Pound's Typographical Legacy
  • 2. Tired Eyes and Typographical Fatigue
  • 3. Recording Instruments: Typography, Phonography, and Perfect Notation
  • 4. Phonoscopy: l'Abb Rousselot, the Post-Mallarmeans, and Experimental Typography
  • 5. Eye Troubles, Ocular Politics, and the Health of Nations
  • 6. Striking the Eye
  • 2 Cummings's Typewriter Language
  • 1. Typewriter Language and Linotype-ese
  • 2. Typographical faits and the Body of the Text
  • 3. Seeing Bodies: The Typographical Eye and the Sexual Gaze
  • 4. 'Evident invisibles': Typography as Prosody
  • 5. 'A Pure Optical G': Hope Mirrlees, E. E. Cummings, and Graphical Minima
  • 3 Olson Among the Letterers
  • 1. The New Ear, Breath Stops, and the Beats
  • 2. 'A full graphics-knowing man': Black Mountain College and Ben Shahn's Print Shop
  • 3. The Poet and the Typographer: Frances Motz Boldereff, David Jones, and the Labour of Verse
  • 4. 'Metric then is mapping': Olson, Prynne, and the Language of Space
  • 5. 'Literal, real realty': Typography, Topology, and Property
  • Conclusion: Experimental Typography, Typographical Revivals, and Die neue Typographie
  • Bibliography
  • Index.