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Resource on concrete poetry, visual poetry, optical poetry.
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==Poets, authors, collectives==
 
==Poets, authors, collectives==
 
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[[Image:Iliazd_ed_Poesie_de_mots_inconnus_1949.jpg|thumb|200px|''Poésie de mots inconnus'', 1949, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18522 Log], [[Media:Iliazd_ed_Poesie_de_mots_inconnus_1949.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Iliazd_ed_Poesie_de_mots_inconnus_1949.jpg|thumb|200px|Iliazd (ed.), ''Poésie de mots inconnus'', 1949, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18522 Log], [[Media:Iliazd_ed_Poesie_de_mots_inconnus_1949.pdf|PDF]].]]
[[Image:Williams_Emmett_ed_Anthology_of_Concrete_Poetry.png|thumb|200px|''An Anthology of Concrete Poetry'', 1967, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=15439 Log], [[Media:Williams_Emmett_ed_Anthology_of_Concrete_Poetry.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Astronauts-of-inner-space-cover.png|thumb|200px|Jeff Berner (ed.), ''Astronauts of Inner Space: An International Collection of Avant-garde Activity'', 1966, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=4404 Log], [[Media:Astronauts_of_Inner-Space._An_International_Collection_of_Avant-Garde_Activity.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Williams_Emmett_ed_Anthology_of_Concrete_Poetry.png|thumb|200px|Emmett Williams (ed.), ''An Anthology of Concrete Poetry'', 1967, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=15439 Log], [[Media:Williams_Emmett_ed_Anthology_of_Concrete_Poetry.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Gomringer_Eugen_ed_konkrete_poesie_deutschsprachige_autoren.jpg|thumb|200px|Eugen Gomringer (ed.), ''konkrete poesie: deutschsprachige autoren'', 1972, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=7473 Log], [[Media:Gomringer_Eugen_ed_konkrete_poesie_deutschsprachige_autoren.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Riddell_Alan_ed_Typewriter_Art.jpg|thumb|200px|Alan Riddell (ed.), ''Typewriter Art'', 1975, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=11300 Log], [[Media:Riddell_Alan_ed_Typewriter_Art.pdf|PDF]].]]
 
==Anthologies==
 
==Anthologies==
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''See also [[#Exhibition_catalogues|exhibition catalogues]].''
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18522 Poésie de mots inconnus]'', ed. Iliazd (Ilya Zdanevitch), Paris: Le Degre 41, 1949, 26 folded sheets. [http://amodern.net/?post_type=article&p=6853] {{fr}}
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18522 Poésie de mots inconnus]'', ed. Iliazd (Ilya Zdanevitch), Paris: Le Degre 41, 1949, 26 folded sheets. [http://amodern.net/?post_type=article&p=6853] {{fr}}
 
* ''[[Media:Konkrete_Poesie_international_13_Texte_1965.pdf|Concrete Poesie international. 13 Texte]]'', Stuttgart: Hansjörg Mayer, 1965, [14] sheets.  
 
* ''[[Media:Konkrete_Poesie_international_13_Texte_1965.pdf|Concrete Poesie international. 13 Texte]]'', Stuttgart: Hansjörg Mayer, 1965, [14] sheets.  
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/BetweenPaintingAndPoetry.html Between Painting and Poetry]'', ed. Jasia Reichardt, London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1965. Catalogue for exh. held 22 Oct-27 Nov 1965. {{en}}
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* ''rot'' 21: "konkrete poesie international", eds. Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, Stuttgart, 1965.
* Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari, Haroldo de Campos, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9997 Teoria da Poesia Concreta – Textos Críticos e Manifestos 1950-1960]'', 1965; 2nd ed., São Paulo: Duas Cidades, 1975. {{br-pt}}
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=4404 Astronauts of Inner Space: An International Collection of Avant-garde Activity]'', ed. Jeff Berner, 1966, 66 pp. {{en}}
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Astronauts_of_Inner_Space.html Astronauts of Inner Space: An International Collection of Avant-garde Activity]'', ed. Jeff Berner, 1966. {{en}}
 
 
* [http://ubu.com/vp/Beloit_Poetry_Journal.html ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' 17(1)], ed. Stephen Bann, 1966. {{en}}
 
* [http://ubu.com/vp/Beloit_Poetry_Journal.html ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' 17(1)], ed. Stephen Bann, 1966. {{en}}
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=15439 An Anthology of Concrete Poetry]'', ed. Emmett Williams, Something Else Press, 1967; New York: Primary Information, 2013, 342 pp.  
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* ''Concrete Poetry: An International Anthology'', ed. Stephen Bann, London: London Magazine Editions, 1967. {{en}}
* ''Experimentální poezie'', eds. Josef Hiršal and Bohumila Grögerová, Prague: Odeon, 1967, 265 pp. {{cz}}
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=15439 An Anthology of Concrete Poetry]'', ed. Emmett Williams, New York: Something Else Press, and Stuttgart: hansjörg mayer, 1967; repr., New York: Primary Information, 2013, 342 pp.  
* ''Once Again'', ed. Jean-François Bory, New Directions, 1968, 132 pp.
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* ''Experimentální poezie'', eds. Josef Hiršal and Bohumila Grögerová, intro. Miloš Jůzl, Prague: Odeon, 1967, 265 pp. [http://www.ztichlaklika.cz/antikvariat/show/experimentalni-poezie-id16685] {{cz}}
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* ''Bientot'', ed. Jean Francois Bory, 1967. {{fr}}
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** ''Once Again'', ed. Jean-François Bory, New Directions, 1968, 132 pp. {{en}}
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* ''Chicago Review'' 19(4): "An Anthology of Concretism" , ed. Eugene Wildman, Sep 1967. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Cosmic_Chef.html The Cosmic Chef]'', ed. bpNichol, 1970. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Cosmic_Chef.html The Cosmic Chef]'', ed. bpNichol, 1970. {{en}}
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=7473 konkrete poesie: deutschsprachige autoren]'', ed. Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1972, 174 pp. {{de}}
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* ''rot'' 41: "konkrete poesie international II", eds. Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, Stuttgart, 1970.
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* ''Mindplay: An Anthology of British Concrete Poetry'', ed. John J. Sharkey, London: Lorrimer Pub., 1971. {{en}}
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=7473 konkrete poesie: deutschsprachige autoren]'', ed. Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1972, 174 pp; new ed., 2001. {{de}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Typewriter_Poems.html Typewriter Poems]'', ed. Peter Finch, 1972. {{en}}  
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Typewriter_Poems.html Typewriter Poems]'', ed. Peter Finch, 1972. {{en}}  
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Found_Poems.html Found Poems]'', ed. Malcolm Parr, 1972. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Found_Poems.html Found Poems]'', ed. Malcolm Parr, 1972. {{en}}
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* ''Italian Visual Poetry, 1912-1972'', ed. Luigi Ballerini, Finch College Museum / Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 1973.
 
* ''Italian Visual Poetry, 1912-1972'', ed. Luigi Ballerini, Finch College Museum / Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 1973.
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Gloup_and_Woup.html Gloup and Woup]'', ed. Bob Cobbing, 1974. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Gloup_and_Woup.html Gloup and Woup]'', ed. Bob Cobbing, 1974. {{en}}
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=11300 Typewriter Art]'', ed. & intro. Alan Riddell, London: London Magazine Editions, 1975, 157 pp. {{en}}
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* ''Anthologie visuele poëzie. 133 dichters uit 25 landen / Visual Poetry Anthology: 133 Poets from 25 Countries'', ed. G.J. de Rook, The Hague: Bert Bakker, 1975, [222] pp. {{nl}}/{{en}}
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* ''International Anthology of Concrete Poetry'', ed. John Jessop, Toronto: Missing Link Press & Poetry Toronto Books, 1978. {{en}}
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18969 Text–Sound Texts]'', ed. Richard Kostelanetz, New York: William Morrow, 1980, 441 pp. {{en}}
 
* [[Media:Poesia-concreta-colecao-literatura-comentada-1982.pdf|''Poesia concreta'']], eds. Iumna Maria Simon, Vinicius Dantas and Abril Educacao, São Paulo, 1982, 111 pp. {{br-pt}}
 
* [[Media:Poesia-concreta-colecao-literatura-comentada-1982.pdf|''Poesia concreta'']], eds. Iumna Maria Simon, Vinicius Dantas and Abril Educacao, São Paulo, 1982, 111 pp. {{br-pt}}
 
* ''[[Media:Poesia_concreta_Artaud_Bense_Pignatari_y_otros_1982.pdf|Poesía concreta. A. Artaud, M. Bense, D. Pignatari y otros]]'', ed. Jorge Santiago Perednik, Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de America Latina, 1982, 146 pp. {{es}}
 
* ''[[Media:Poesia_concreta_Artaud_Bense_Pignatari_y_otros_1982.pdf|Poesía concreta. A. Artaud, M. Bense, D. Pignatari y otros]]'', ed. Jorge Santiago Perednik, Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de America Latina, 1982, 146 pp. {{es}}
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* ''Die Wiener Gruppe. Achleitner, Artmann, Bayer, Rühm, Wiener'', ed. Gerhard Rühm, Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1985. {{de}}
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* ''WortBILD: visuelle Poesie in der DDR'', eds. Guillermo Deisler and Jörg Kowalski, Halle and Leipzig: Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 1990, 163 pp. Anthology of East German visual poetry. {{de}}
 
* [http://visiblelanguagejournal.com/issue/101 ''Visible Language'' 27(4): "Visual Poetry: An International Anthology"], ed. Harry Polkinhorn, Oct 1993.
 
* [http://visiblelanguagejournal.com/issue/101 ''Visible Language'' 27(4): "Visual Poetry: An International Anthology"], ed. Harry Polkinhorn, Oct 1993.
* ''The New Concrete: Visual Poetry in the 21st Century'', eds. Victoria Bean and Chris McCabe, London: Hayward Publishing, 2015, 240 pp. [http://www.cornerhousepublications.org/publications/the-new-concrete/]
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* ''Vrh kostek: česká experimentální poezie'' [1968], eds. Josef Hiršal and Bohumila Grögerová, Prague: Torst, 1993, 408 pp. Anthology of Czech visual poetry; originally prepared for publication in 1968. [http://www.torst.cz/czech/detail.php?pk=124] [https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrh_kostek:_Česká_experimentální_poezie] {{cz}}
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* ''The New Concrete: Visual Poetry in the 21st Century'', eds. Victoria Bean and Chris McCabe, London: Hayward Publishing, 2015, 240 pp. Review: [https://www.creativereview.co.uk/words-in-pictures/ Poynor] (Creative Rev). [http://www.cornerhousepublications.org/publications/the-new-concrete/] [https://thenewconcrete.wordpress.com/] [http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/new-concrete/] {{en}}
  
 
==Magazines, periodicals==
 
==Magazines, periodicals==
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* ''De Tafelronde'', ed. Paul de Vree, 1953-81. [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Tafelronde] [http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/6050] {{nl}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/FuckYou.html Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts]'', 9 numbers, ed. Ed Sanders, New York, 1962-65. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/FuckYou.html Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts]'', 9 numbers, ed. Ed Sanders, New York, 1962-65. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Poor.Old.Tired.Horse.html Poor.Old.Tired.Horse.]'', 25 numbers, ed. Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1962-68. Published an increasing amount of visual poetry from issue 5 onwards. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Poor.Old.Tired.Horse.html Poor.Old.Tired.Horse.]'', 25 numbers, ed. Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1962-68. Published an increasing amount of visual poetry from issue 5 onwards. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Marrahwanna.html Marrahwannah Quarterly]'', ed. d.a. levy, Cleveland, 1964-67. {{en}}  
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Marrahwanna.html Marrahwannah Quarterly]'', ed. d.a. levy, Cleveland, 1964-67. {{en}}  
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=9073 Poems for a Thaler]'', 4 numbers, eds. Vagn Steen and Hans-Jørgen Nielsen, 1964-65. {{da}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Oracle.html Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle]'', ed. d.a. levy, Cleveland, 1967-69. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Oracle.html Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle]'', ed. d.a. levy, Cleveland, 1967-69. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Konkret.html Konkret]'', 1 issue, ed. Eric Amann, Toronto, 1979. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Konkret.html Konkret]'', 1 issue, ed. Eric Amann, Toronto, 1979. {{en}}
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* ''UNI/vers(;)'', 35 numbers, ed. Guillermo Deisler, 1987-95. [http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/3992.pdf Number 6], [http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/3977.pdf Number 20], [http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/3975.pdf Number 21], [http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/3976.pdf Number 29].
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Essex_Magazine.html Essex Magazine]'', 4 numbers, eds. Scott Pound and William R. Howe, 1997-98. Features the resurgence of visual poetry in Toronto and Buffalo in the 1990s. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/Essex_Magazine.html Essex Magazine]'', 4 numbers, eds. Scott Pound and William R. Howe, 1997-98. Features the resurgence of visual poetry in Toronto and Buffalo in the 1990s. {{en}}
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[[Image:Reichardt Jasia ed Between Painting and Poetry 1965.jpg|thumb|200px|''Between Painting and Poetry'', 1965, [https://ubutext.memoryoftheworld.org/vp/between_poetry_and_painting_1965.pdf PDF].]]
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==Exhibition catalogues==
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* ''[http://ubu.com/vp/BetweenPaintingAndPoetry.html Between Painting and Poetry]'', ed. Jasia Reichardt, London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1965, 84 pp. Exh. held 22 Oct-27 Nov 1965. {{en}}
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* ''Konkrete Poesie deutschsprachiger Autoren'', ed. Hansjörg Schmitthenner, Munich: Goethe-Institut, 1969, 48 pp.
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** ''Poesia concreta de autores de lingua alema / Konkrete Poesie deutschsprachiger Autoren'', Munich: Goethe-Institut, 1973, 64 pp. {{de}}/{{pt}}
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* ''Klankteksten, konkrete poëzie, visuele teksten / Sound Texts, Concrete Poetry, Visual Texts / Akustische Texte, konkrete Poesie, visuelle Texte'', Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1970. With LP. Exh. curated by Hansjörg Mayer (DE), Reinhard Döhl (DE), Bob Cobbing (UK) and Paul De Vree (BE); held at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Nov 1970; International Cultural Centre, Antwerp; Stuttgart; Nuremberg; Liverpool; Oxford. [http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/klankteksten-konkrete-poezie-visuele-teksten] {{nl}}/{{en}}/{{de}}
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* ''Taalbeeld-beeldtaal. Nederlandse visuele dichters'', Amsterdam: Kunsthistorisch Instituut, 1975. Exh. held 14 Nov-6 Dec 1975. {{nl}}
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* ''Czeska i słowacka poezja konkretna'', ed. Barbara Baworowska, Wroclaw: Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu, 1976, [23] pp. {{pl}}
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* ''Vom Aussehen der Wörter: visuelle Poesie/Notationen'', eds. Michael Erlhoff and Bernhard Holeczek, Hannover: Das Kunstmuseum, 1980, 215 pp. Exh. held at Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, 14 Nov-7 Dec 1980. {{de}}
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* ''auf ein Wort! Aspekte visueller Poesie und visueller Musik'', ed. Dietrich Mahlow, Heidelberg: Braus, 1987, 176 pp. Exh. held at four venues in Mainz. {{de}}
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* ''Visuelle Poesie'', eds. Guillermo Deisler and Karla Sachse, Club der Kulturschaffenden "Johannes R. Becher", 1988, [30] pp. {{de}}
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* ''Text als Figur: visuelle Poesie von der Antike bis zur Moderne'', eds. Jeremy Adler and Ulrich Ernst, Weinheim: Acta Humaniora, 1990, 336 pp. Exh. held at Zeughaus der Herzog-August-Bibliothek, 1 Sep 1987-23 May 1988. {{de}}
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* ''[http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/3412.pdf Visuelle Poesie]'', eds. Karla Sachse and Guillermo Deisler, Gotha: Museen der Stadt Gotha, 1990, [34] pp. {{de}}
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* ''Konkrete Poesie. Innovation und Tradition'', ed. Ulrich Engel, Wuppertal: Bergische Univ., 1991, 130 pp. Exh. held at Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, 14 May-7 Jun 1991. {{de}}
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* ''[http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/4023.pdf UNI/vers(;). 5 Jahre]'', ed. Guillermo Deisler, Halle/Saale, 1992. [http://centrodedocumentaciondelasartes.cl/g2/collect/cedoc/images/pdfs/4022.pdf] {{de}}
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* ''Buchstäblich wörtlich, wörtlich buchstäblich. Eine Sammlung konkreter und visueller Poesie der sechziger Jahre in der Nationalgalerie, Berlin'', ed. Michael Glasmeier, Berlin: Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1994, 281 pp. {{de}}
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* ''Báseň, obraz, gesto, zvuk: experimentální poezie 60. let'', Prague: Památník národního písemnictví, 1997, 43+[51] pp. Texts by Josef Hiršal, Petr Kotyk, Josef Hlaváček, et al. Exh. held at Zimní refektář Strahovského kláštera, 10 Mar-2 Jun 1997. [http://abart-full.artarchiv.cz/dokumenty.php?Fvazba=detail&IDdokumentu=16144] {{cz}}
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* ''Akce, slovo, pohyb, prostor. Experimenty v umění šedesátých let'', ed. Vít Havránek, Prague: Galerie hl. města Prahy, 1999, 508 pp. [http://abart-full.artarchiv.cz/dokumenty.php?Fvazba=podrazenydokument&IDdokumentu=50195 TOC]. [http://vvp.avu.cz/en/archives/i-datum/11/?table=vystavy] {{cz}}
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* ''Concrete Poetry, Fluxus and Conceptual Art: A Book Friction'', ed. Marc Goethals, Ghent: Witte Zaal, 2008, 100 pp. [https://collezionespaziolibrodartista.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/concrete-poetry-fluxus-and-conceptual-art-a-book-friction/ Introduction]. [http://www.michaelbussaer.be/projects/5/marc-goethals-concrete-poetry-fluxus-and-conceptual-art-a-book-friction] [http://www.ingeketelers.be/project.php?link=Book_Friction] {{en}}
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==Bibliography==
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* Kathleen McCullough, ''Concrete Poetry: An Annotated International Bibliography, with an Index of Poets and Poems'', Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing, 1989. {{en}}
  
 
==Archives, resources==
 
==Archives, resources==
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* [http://bibliothequekandinsky.centrepompidou.fr/clientbookline/recherche/ExecuterRechercheProgress.asp?XSLLONG=&XSLSHORT=&INSTANCE=INCIPIO&bNewSearch=true&codedocbaselist=CGPP%23&strTypeRecherche=connexeAutorite&txtSearchString=SUJET%3D%5CPo%C3%A9sie+concr%C3%A8te%5C&BACKURL=%2Fclientbookline%2Frecherche%2FNoticesDetaillees%2Easp%3FINSTANCE%3DINCIPIO%26iNotice%3D3%26ldebut%3D Concrete poetry in Bibliotheque Kandinsky]
 
* [http://bibliothequekandinsky.centrepompidou.fr/clientbookline/recherche/ExecuterRechercheProgress.asp?XSLLONG=&XSLSHORT=&INSTANCE=INCIPIO&bNewSearch=true&codedocbaselist=CGPP%23&strTypeRecherche=connexeAutorite&txtSearchString=SUJET%3D%5CPo%C3%A9sie+concr%C3%A8te%5C&BACKURL=%2Fclientbookline%2Frecherche%2FNoticesDetaillees%2Easp%3FINSTANCE%3DINCIPIO%26iNotice%3D3%26ldebut%3D Concrete poetry in Bibliotheque Kandinsky]
  
==Literature==
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==Reception, art historical studies, theory==
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[[Image:De_Campos_Pignatari_De_Campos_Teoria_da_poesia_concreta.jpg|thumb|200px|Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari, Haroldo de Campos, ''Teoria da Poesia Concreta – Textos Críticos e Manifestos 1950-1960'', 1965; 2nd ed., 1975, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9997 Log], [[Media:De_Campos_Pignatari_De_Campos_Teoria_da_poesia_concreta_Textos_criticos_e_manifestos_1950-1960_2a_ed.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Hirsal_Josef_Groegerova_Bohumila_eds_Slovo_pismo_akce_hlas.jpg|thumb|200px|Josef Hiršal, Bohumila Grögerová (eds.), ''Slovo, písmo, akce, hlas. K estetice kultury technického věku'', 1967, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=10262 Log], [[Media:Hirsal_Josef_Groegerova_Bohumila_eds_Slovo_pismo_akce_hlas.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Solt Mary Ellen Concrete Poetry A World View 1968.jpg|thumb|200px|Mary Ellen Solt (ed.), ''Concrete Poetry: A World View'', 1968, [http://www.ubu.com/papers/solt/ HTML].]]
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[[Image:Bit_International_5-6_The_Word_Image_1969.jpg|thumb|200px|''Bit International'' 5-6: "The Word Image", 1969, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=14114 Log], [[Media:Bit_International_5-6_The_Word_Image_1969.pdf|PDF]].]]
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[[Image:Higgins_Dick_Pattern_Poetry_Guide_to_an_Unknown_Literature_1987.jpg|thumb|200px|Dick Higgins, ''Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature'', 1987, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=7607 Log].]]
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===General===
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* Eugen Gomringer, "vom vers zur konstellation", ''Augenblick'' 1:2, 1955. {{de}}
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* Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari, Haroldo de Campos, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9997 Teoria da Poesia Concreta – Textos Críticos e Manifestos 1950-1960]'', 1965; 2nd ed., São Paulo: Duas Cidades, 1975. {{br-pt}}
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* Franz Mon, ''Zur Poesie der Fläche / Texte in den Zwischenräumen'', St. Gallen: Galerie Press, 1966, 12 pp. [http://www.fondazionebonotto.org/it/collection/poetry/monfranz/9236.html] {{de}}
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* Josef Hiršal, Bohumila Grögerová (eds.), ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10262 Slovo, písmo, akce, hlas. K estetice kultury technického věku]'', Prague: Československý spisovatel, 1967, 256 pp. {{cz}}
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* Franz Mon, "An eine Säge denken", ''Akzente'' 15, 1968, pp 429-436. {{de}}
 
* Mary Ellen Solt (ed.), ''[http://www.ubu.com/papers/solt/ Concrete Poetry: A World View]'', Bloomington: Indian University Press, 1968, 311 pp. {{en}}
 
* Mary Ellen Solt (ed.), ''[http://www.ubu.com/papers/solt/ Concrete Poetry: A World View]'', Bloomington: Indian University Press, 1968, 311 pp. {{en}}
* Jiří Valoch, "Česká vizuální poezie sedmdesátých let", in ''Literárněvědný sborník Památníku národního písemnictví'', 1982. {{cz}}
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* [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=14114 ''Bit International'' 5-6: "The Word Image: poésie concrète / Oslikovljena riječ: konkretna poezija"], ed. Vera Horvat-Pintarić, Zagreb: Galerije grada Zagreba, 1969, 145 pp. Texts by Vera Horvat-Pintarić, Branimir Donat, Max Bense, Tomaž Brejc, Siegfried J. Schmidt, and Željko Bujas. {{sc}}/{{en}},{{fr}},{{de}}
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* David William Seaman, ''French Concrete Poetry: The Development of a Poetic Form from the Origins to the Present Day'', Stanford University, 1970, xiv+522 pp. PhD dissertation. {{en}}
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* ''Text + Kritik'' 25: "Konkrete Poesie I", ed. H.L. Arnold, Munich, 1970. {{de}}
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* ''Text + Kritik'' 30: "Konkrete Poesie II", ed. H.L. Arnold, Munich, 1971. {{de}}
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* Klaus Peter Dencker, ''Text-Bilder: visuelle Poesie international: von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Cologne: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1972, 190 pp. {{de}}
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* Thomas Kopfermann (ed.), ''Theoretische Positionen zur Konkreten Poesie. Texte und Bibliographie'', Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1974. {{de}}
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* Harald Hartung, ''Experimentelle Literatur und konkrete Poesie'', Göttingen, 1975. {{de}}
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* Dieter Kessler, ''Untersuchungen zur Konkreten Dichtung: Vorformen, Theorien, Texte'', Meisenheim am Glan: Hain, 1976, 418 pp. {{de}}
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* Wolfgang Max Faust, ''Bilder werden Worte: zum Verhältnis von bildender Kunst und Literatur im 20. Jahrhundert oder Vom Anfang der Kunst im Ende der Künste'', Munich: Hanser, 1977, 268 pp. Based on PhD dissertation from TU, Berlin, 1976. {{de}}
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* Bob Cobbing, Peter Mayer, ''Concerning Concrete Poetry'', London: Writers Forum, 1978, 85 pp; repr., London: Slimvolume, 2014. {{en}}
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* Thomas Kopfermann, ''Konkrete Poesie: Fundamentalpoetik und Textpraxis einer Neo-Avantgarde'', Peter Lang, 1981, 335 pp. {{de}}
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* ''Poetics Today'' 3(3): "Concrete Poetry", Summer 1982. {{en}}
 
* [http://visiblelanguagejournal.com/issue/77 ''Visible Language'' 20(1): "Pattern Poetry: A Symposium"], ed. Dick Higgins, Jan 1986. {{en}}
 
* [http://visiblelanguagejournal.com/issue/77 ''Visible Language'' 20(1): "Pattern Poetry: A Symposium"], ed. Dick Higgins, Jan 1986. {{en}}
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* Willard Bohn, ''The Aesthetics of Visual Poetry, 1914-1928'', Cambridge University Press, 1986; University of Chicago Press, 1993, x+228 pp.
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* Dick Higgins, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=7607 Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature]'', SUNY Press, 1987, x+275 pp. {{en}}
 
* [http://visiblelanguagejournal.com/issue/88 ''Visible Language'' 23(1): "The Printed Poem and the Reader"], ed. Richard Bradford, Jan 1988. {{en}}
 
* [http://visiblelanguagejournal.com/issue/88 ''Visible Language'' 23(1): "The Printed Poem and the Reader"], ed. Richard Bradford, Jan 1988. {{en}}
* Jiří Valoch, "České vizuální texty. Náčrt přehledu šedesátých až osmdesátých let", ''Rok'' 1, 1991. {{cz}}
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* Bob Cobbing, ''Changing Forms in English Visual Poetry: The Influence of Tools and Machines'', London: Writers Forum, 1988, [16] pp. Lecture given at the international conference ''Visuelle Poesie im Historischen Wandel / Changing Forms of Visual Poetry'' held in the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel, 30 Aug-4 Sep 1987. {{en}}
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* Víťazoslav Hronec, Jaroslav Supek (eds.), ''Nový život. Nové umenie'', Novi Sad: Obzor, 1990. {{sk}}
 
* ''Harvard Library Bulletin'' 3(2): "Material Poetry of the Renaissance/The Renaissance of Material Poetry", ed. Roland Greene, Summer 1992. [http://www.ubu.com/papers/greene01.html Bibliography]. [http://arginati.blogspot.com/2009/04/concrete-poetry.html] [http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/public_programs/hlb_toc.cfm] {{en}}
 
* ''Harvard Library Bulletin'' 3(2): "Material Poetry of the Renaissance/The Renaissance of Material Poetry", ed. Roland Greene, Summer 1992. [http://www.ubu.com/papers/greene01.html Bibliography]. [http://arginati.blogspot.com/2009/04/concrete-poetry.html] [http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/public_programs/hlb_toc.cfm] {{en}}
* Dubravka Đurić, "Radical Poetic Practices: Concrete and Visual Poetry in the Avant-garde and Neo-avant-garde", in ''Impossible Histories: Historic Avant-Gardes, Neo-Avant-Gardes, and Post-Avant-Gardes in Yugoslavia, 1918-1991'', eds. Dubravka Đurić and Miško Šuvaković, MIT Press, 2003, pp 64-95. {{en}}
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* John Byrum, Crag Hill (eds.), ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=11204 Core: A Symposium on Contemporary Visual Poetry]'', Mentor, OH: Generator Press, and Mill Valley, CA: Score, 1993, 156 pp. {{en}}
* Josef Hlaváček, [[Media:Hlavacek_Josef_2007_Vizualni_a_konkretni_poezie_lettrismus.pdf|"Vizuální a konkrétní poezie, lettrismus"]], in ''Dějiny českého výtvarného umění VI/1'', eds. Rostislav Švácha and Marie Platovská, Prague: Academia, 2007, pp 232-239. {{cz}}
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* Victoria Pineda, "Speaking about Genre: The Case of Concrete Poetry", ''New Literary History'' 26:2, 1995, pp 379-393. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20057288] {{en}}
* Andrei Oisteanu, "The Romanian Avant-Garde And Visual Poetry", in ''Dada East? The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire'', eds. Adrian Notz and E-cart.ro, Zurich: Cabaret Voltaire, and Bucharest: E-cart.ro, 2007; [http://www.corpse.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177 repr. in] ''Exquisite Corpse. A Journal of Letters and Life'', n.d. {{en}}
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* K. David Jackson, Eric Vos, Johanna Drucker (eds.), ''Experimental-Visual-Concrete. Avant-Garde Poetry Since the 1960s'', Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1996, 448 pp. [http://www.gbv.de/dms/goettingen/219669007.pdf TOC]. {{en}}
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* Eugen Gomringer, ''Theorie der Konkreten Poesie. Texte und Manifeste 1954-1997. Gesamtwerk Band II'', Vienna: Splitter, 1997. {{de}}
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* Willard Bohn, ''Modern Visual Poetry'', Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2001. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FL2dhiMooj0C&printsec=frontcover] {{en}}
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* Willard Bohn, ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=B07AB9E31F500B32B0AF5F30B998E0F5 Reading Visual Poetry]'', Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010, 176 pp. {{en}}
 
* Klaus Peter Dencker, ''Optische Poesie: Von den prähistorischen Schriftzeichen bis zu den digitalen Experimenten der Gegenwart'', De Gruyter, 2011. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yVDUqQ4OfS4C&printsec=frontcover] {{de}}
 
* Klaus Peter Dencker, ''Optische Poesie: Von den prähistorischen Schriftzeichen bis zu den digitalen Experimenten der Gegenwart'', De Gruyter, 2011. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yVDUqQ4OfS4C&printsec=frontcover] {{de}}
 
* E. Berry, [[Media:Berry_E_2012_Visual_Poetry.pdf|"Visual Poetry"]], in ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 4th ed., ed. Roland Greene, Princeton University Press, 2012, pp 1522-1525. {{en}}
 
* E. Berry, [[Media:Berry_E_2012_Visual_Poetry.pdf|"Visual Poetry"]], in ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 4th ed., ed. Roland Greene, Princeton University Press, 2012, pp 1522-1525. {{en}}
* Eva Krátká (ed.), ''Česká vizuální poezie. Teoretické texty'', Brno: Host, 2013, 308 pp. [http://nakladatelstvi.hostbrno.cz/nakladatelstvi/literarni-veda-a-historie/ostatni/ceska-vizualni-poezie-teoreticke-texty-843]. Reviews: [http://nakladatelstvi.hostbrno.cz/download/recenze-pdf/kr%C3%A1tk%C3%A1.pdf Košnarová] (Tvar), [http://www.psivino.cz/?p=1260 Peková] (Psí víno), [http://romboid.eu/attachments/article/47/romboid5-6-2013-text-tlac.pdf#page=129 Rehúš] (Romboid), [http://nakladatelstvi.hostbrno.cz/download/recenze-pdf/a2-12-2013-kratka.jpg Langerová] (A2), [http://nakladatelstvi.hostbrno.cz/download/recenze-pdf/recenze-art-antiques-2013-5.pdf Ledvina] (Art+Antiques), [http://www.novinky.cz/kultura/salon/302447-nad-knihou-ceska-vizualni-poezie-e-x-periment-na-druhou.html Šanda] (Právo), [http://www.vaseliteratura.cz/recenze/odborna-literatura/3923-ceska-vizualni-poezie.html Kuběnský] (Vaseliteratura.cz). {{cz}}
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* Aleksandra Kremer, [http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pt/article/download/3325/3339 "Poezja konkretna w trzech obszarach językowych"] [Concrete Poetry in Three Languages], ''Przestrzenie Teorii'' 19, Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University Press, 2013, pp 95-114. {{pl}}
* ''Enter'' 24: "Kreatívny manuál pre slovenskú nekonvenčnú poéziu", ed. Michal Murin, Košice: Dive Buki, Dec 2015, 90 pp. [http://www.divebuki.sk/sk/casopis-enter/enter-no-24] {{sk}}
 
* Michal Murin, Triangulačné body nekonvenčnej poézie na Slovensku, in Milan Adamčiak, ''Archív II (KOPO): konkrétna poézia 1964-1972'', Košice: Dive Buki, 2016, pp 12-85. {{sk}}
 
* Peter Zajac, "Optická poézia Milana Adamčiaka v kontexte slovenskej literatúry", in Milan Adamčiak, ''Archív II (KOPO): konkrétna poézia 1964-1972'', Košice: Dive Buki, 2016, pp 294-326. {{sk}}
 
* Eva Krátká, ''Vizuální poezie. Pojmy, kategorie a typologie ve světovém kontextu'', Brno: Host, 2016, 320 pp. [https://www.kosmas.cz/knihy/206421/vizualni-poezie/] {{cz}}
 
 
* Jamie Hilder, ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/static/reader.htm?0=a62af80006ecfe709fc0134f4169de2b-0 Designed Words for a Designed World: The International Concrete Poetry Movement, 1955-1971]'', McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 277 pp. Based on [https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/24/1.0071326/1 PhD dissertation], 2010. {{en}}
 
* Jamie Hilder, ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/static/reader.htm?0=a62af80006ecfe709fc0134f4169de2b-0 Designed Words for a Designed World: The International Concrete Poetry Movement, 1955-1971]'', McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 277 pp. Based on [https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/24/1.0071326/1 PhD dissertation], 2010. {{en}}
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* Richard Bradford, ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=B2653839CC6071B90746D9C3BB884D4F Graphic Poetics: Poetry as Visual Art]'', Bloomsbury, 2011. {{en}}
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===the West===
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* Liselotte Gimpel, ''"Concrete" Poetry from East and West Germany: The Language of Exemplarism and Experimentalism'', Yale University Press, 1977, xvi+268 pp. Reviews: [http://sci-hub.bz/10.1177/004724417800803008 Butler] (J Eur Stud), [http://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=gdr O'Swald] (GDR Bulletin), [http://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1242&context=gdr Weimar] (GDR Bulletin). {{en}}
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* David H.T. Scott, ''Pictorialist Poetics: Poetry and the Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century France'', Cambridge University Press, 1988. {{en}}
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* Michael Backes, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=14996 Experimentelle Semiotik in Literaturavantgarden: über die Wiener Gruppe mit Bezug auf die Konkrete Poesie]'', Munich: Fink, 2001, 345 pp. {{de}}
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* Humphrey Ottenhof, De letter te lijf: beeldvorming van concrete en visuele poëzie in Nederland en Vlaanderen'', Groningen: DMZ/MAW, 2005, 329 pp. PhD dissertation. [http://hdl.handle.net/11370/1d3f76c4-5206-4caa-9abc-81e334b9882a] {{nl}}
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===East-Central Europe===
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====Czech Republic====
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{{:Central_and_Eastern_Europe_Bibliography|transcludesection=visualpoetry-cz}}
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====Slovakia====
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====Poland====
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====Yugoslavia====
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====Romania====
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====East Germany====
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===Latin America===
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* Pavla Korpaczewski, ''[https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/52936/?lang=cs Experimentální poezie: brazilská konkrétní poezie v letech 1950-1960]'', Prague: Karlova univerzita/Filozofická fakulta, 2010, 139 pp. Master's thesis. {{cz}}
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==See also==
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* [[Conceptual writing]]
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* [[Artists' publishing]]
  
 
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Resource on concrete poetry, visual poetry, optical poetry.

Poets, authors, collectives

Iliazd (ed.), Poésie de mots inconnus, 1949, Log, PDF.
Jeff Berner (ed.), Astronauts of Inner Space: An International Collection of Avant-garde Activity, 1966, Log, PDF.
Emmett Williams (ed.), An Anthology of Concrete Poetry, 1967, Log, PDF.
Eugen Gomringer (ed.), konkrete poesie: deutschsprachige autoren, 1972, Log, PDF.
Alan Riddell (ed.), Typewriter Art, 1975, Log, PDF.

Anthologies

See also exhibition catalogues.

  • Poésie de mots inconnus, ed. Iliazd (Ilya Zdanevitch), Paris: Le Degre 41, 1949, 26 folded sheets. [1] (French)
  • Concrete Poesie international. 13 Texte, Stuttgart: Hansjörg Mayer, 1965, [14] sheets.
  • rot 21: "konkrete poesie international", eds. Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, Stuttgart, 1965.
  • Astronauts of Inner Space: An International Collection of Avant-garde Activity, ed. Jeff Berner, 1966, 66 pp. (English)
  • Beloit Poetry Journal 17(1), ed. Stephen Bann, 1966. (English)
  • Concrete Poetry: An International Anthology, ed. Stephen Bann, London: London Magazine Editions, 1967. (English)
  • An Anthology of Concrete Poetry, ed. Emmett Williams, New York: Something Else Press, and Stuttgart: hansjörg mayer, 1967; repr., New York: Primary Information, 2013, 342 pp.
  • Experimentální poezie, eds. Josef Hiršal and Bohumila Grögerová, intro. Miloš Jůzl, Prague: Odeon, 1967, 265 pp. [2] (Czech)
  • Bientot, ed. Jean Francois Bory, 1967. (French)
    • Once Again, ed. Jean-François Bory, New Directions, 1968, 132 pp. (English)
  • Chicago Review 19(4): "An Anthology of Concretism" , ed. Eugene Wildman, Sep 1967. (English)
  • The Cosmic Chef, ed. bpNichol, 1970. (English)
  • rot 41: "konkrete poesie international II", eds. Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, Stuttgart, 1970.
  • Mindplay: An Anthology of British Concrete Poetry, ed. John J. Sharkey, London: Lorrimer Pub., 1971. (English)
  • konkrete poesie: deutschsprachige autoren, ed. Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1972, 174 pp; new ed., 2001. (German)
  • Typewriter Poems, ed. Peter Finch, 1972. (English)
  • Found Poems, ed. Malcolm Parr, 1972. (English)
  • The Pipe: Recent Czech Concrete Poetry, eds. Jiri Valoch and bpNichol, Toronto: Coach House, 1973. [3] (English)
  • Italian Visual Poetry, 1912-1972, ed. Luigi Ballerini, Finch College Museum / Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 1973.
  • Gloup and Woup, ed. Bob Cobbing, 1974. (English)
  • Typewriter Art, ed. & intro. Alan Riddell, London: London Magazine Editions, 1975, 157 pp. (English)
  • Anthologie visuele poëzie. 133 dichters uit 25 landen / Visual Poetry Anthology: 133 Poets from 25 Countries, ed. G.J. de Rook, The Hague: Bert Bakker, 1975, [222] pp. (Dutch)/(English)
  • International Anthology of Concrete Poetry, ed. John Jessop, Toronto: Missing Link Press & Poetry Toronto Books, 1978. (English)
  • Text–Sound Texts, ed. Richard Kostelanetz, New York: William Morrow, 1980, 441 pp. (English)
  • Poesia concreta, eds. Iumna Maria Simon, Vinicius Dantas and Abril Educacao, São Paulo, 1982, 111 pp. (Brazilian Portuguese)
  • Poesía concreta. A. Artaud, M. Bense, D. Pignatari y otros, ed. Jorge Santiago Perednik, Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de America Latina, 1982, 146 pp. (Spanish)
  • Die Wiener Gruppe. Achleitner, Artmann, Bayer, Rühm, Wiener, ed. Gerhard Rühm, Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1985. (German)
  • WortBILD: visuelle Poesie in der DDR, eds. Guillermo Deisler and Jörg Kowalski, Halle and Leipzig: Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 1990, 163 pp. Anthology of East German visual poetry. (German)
  • Visible Language 27(4): "Visual Poetry: An International Anthology", ed. Harry Polkinhorn, Oct 1993.
  • Vrh kostek: česká experimentální poezie [1968], eds. Josef Hiršal and Bohumila Grögerová, Prague: Torst, 1993, 408 pp. Anthology of Czech visual poetry; originally prepared for publication in 1968. [4] [5] (Czech)
  • The New Concrete: Visual Poetry in the 21st Century, eds. Victoria Bean and Chris McCabe, London: Hayward Publishing, 2015, 240 pp. Review: Poynor (Creative Rev). [6] [7] [8] (English)

Magazines, periodicals

Between Painting and Poetry, 1965, PDF.

Exhibition catalogues

  • Between Painting and Poetry, ed. Jasia Reichardt, London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1965, 84 pp. Exh. held 22 Oct-27 Nov 1965. (English)
  • Konkrete Poesie deutschsprachiger Autoren, ed. Hansjörg Schmitthenner, Munich: Goethe-Institut, 1969, 48 pp.
    • Poesia concreta de autores de lingua alema / Konkrete Poesie deutschsprachiger Autoren, Munich: Goethe-Institut, 1973, 64 pp. (German)/(Portuguese)
  • Klankteksten, konkrete poëzie, visuele teksten / Sound Texts, Concrete Poetry, Visual Texts / Akustische Texte, konkrete Poesie, visuelle Texte, Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1970. With LP. Exh. curated by Hansjörg Mayer (DE), Reinhard Döhl (DE), Bob Cobbing (UK) and Paul De Vree (BE); held at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Nov 1970; International Cultural Centre, Antwerp; Stuttgart; Nuremberg; Liverpool; Oxford. [11] (Dutch)/(English)/(German)
  • Taalbeeld-beeldtaal. Nederlandse visuele dichters, Amsterdam: Kunsthistorisch Instituut, 1975. Exh. held 14 Nov-6 Dec 1975. (Dutch)
  • Czeska i słowacka poezja konkretna, ed. Barbara Baworowska, Wroclaw: Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu, 1976, [23] pp. (Polish)
  • Vom Aussehen der Wörter: visuelle Poesie/Notationen, eds. Michael Erlhoff and Bernhard Holeczek, Hannover: Das Kunstmuseum, 1980, 215 pp. Exh. held at Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, 14 Nov-7 Dec 1980. (German)
  • auf ein Wort! Aspekte visueller Poesie und visueller Musik, ed. Dietrich Mahlow, Heidelberg: Braus, 1987, 176 pp. Exh. held at four venues in Mainz. (German)
  • Visuelle Poesie, eds. Guillermo Deisler and Karla Sachse, Club der Kulturschaffenden "Johannes R. Becher", 1988, [30] pp. (German)
  • Text als Figur: visuelle Poesie von der Antike bis zur Moderne, eds. Jeremy Adler and Ulrich Ernst, Weinheim: Acta Humaniora, 1990, 336 pp. Exh. held at Zeughaus der Herzog-August-Bibliothek, 1 Sep 1987-23 May 1988. (German)
  • Visuelle Poesie, eds. Karla Sachse and Guillermo Deisler, Gotha: Museen der Stadt Gotha, 1990, [34] pp. (German)
  • Konkrete Poesie. Innovation und Tradition, ed. Ulrich Engel, Wuppertal: Bergische Univ., 1991, 130 pp. Exh. held at Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, 14 May-7 Jun 1991. (German)
  • UNI/vers(;). 5 Jahre, ed. Guillermo Deisler, Halle/Saale, 1992. [12] (German)
  • Buchstäblich wörtlich, wörtlich buchstäblich. Eine Sammlung konkreter und visueller Poesie der sechziger Jahre in der Nationalgalerie, Berlin, ed. Michael Glasmeier, Berlin: Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1994, 281 pp. (German)
  • Báseň, obraz, gesto, zvuk: experimentální poezie 60. let, Prague: Památník národního písemnictví, 1997, 43+[51] pp. Texts by Josef Hiršal, Petr Kotyk, Josef Hlaváček, et al. Exh. held at Zimní refektář Strahovského kláštera, 10 Mar-2 Jun 1997. [13] (Czech)
  • Akce, slovo, pohyb, prostor. Experimenty v umění šedesátých let, ed. Vít Havránek, Prague: Galerie hl. města Prahy, 1999, 508 pp. TOC. [14] (Czech)
  • Concrete Poetry, Fluxus and Conceptual Art: A Book Friction, ed. Marc Goethals, Ghent: Witte Zaal, 2008, 100 pp. Introduction. [15] [16] (English)

Bibliography

  • Kathleen McCullough, Concrete Poetry: An Annotated International Bibliography, with an Index of Poets and Poems, Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing, 1989. (English)

Archives, resources

Reception, art historical studies, theory

Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari, Haroldo de Campos, Teoria da Poesia Concreta – Textos Críticos e Manifestos 1950-1960, 1965; 2nd ed., 1975, Log, PDF.
Josef Hiršal, Bohumila Grögerová (eds.), Slovo, písmo, akce, hlas. K estetice kultury technického věku, 1967, Log, PDF.
Mary Ellen Solt (ed.), Concrete Poetry: A World View, 1968, HTML.
Bit International 5-6: "The Word Image", 1969, Log, PDF.
Dick Higgins, Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature, 1987, Log.

General

  • Eugen Gomringer, "vom vers zur konstellation", Augenblick 1:2, 1955. (German)
  • Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari, Haroldo de Campos, Teoria da Poesia Concreta – Textos Críticos e Manifestos 1950-1960, 1965; 2nd ed., São Paulo: Duas Cidades, 1975. (Brazilian Portuguese)
  • Franz Mon, Zur Poesie der Fläche / Texte in den Zwischenräumen, St. Gallen: Galerie Press, 1966, 12 pp. [17] (German)
  • Josef Hiršal, Bohumila Grögerová (eds.), Slovo, písmo, akce, hlas. K estetice kultury technického věku, Prague: Československý spisovatel, 1967, 256 pp. (Czech)
  • Franz Mon, "An eine Säge denken", Akzente 15, 1968, pp 429-436. (German)
  • Mary Ellen Solt (ed.), Concrete Poetry: A World View, Bloomington: Indian University Press, 1968, 311 pp. (English)
  • Bit International 5-6: "The Word Image: poésie concrète / Oslikovljena riječ: konkretna poezija", ed. Vera Horvat-Pintarić, Zagreb: Galerije grada Zagreba, 1969, 145 pp. Texts by Vera Horvat-Pintarić, Branimir Donat, Max Bense, Tomaž Brejc, Siegfried J. Schmidt, and Željko Bujas. (Serbo-Croatian)/(English),(French),(German)
  • David William Seaman, French Concrete Poetry: The Development of a Poetic Form from the Origins to the Present Day, Stanford University, 1970, xiv+522 pp. PhD dissertation. (English)
  • Text + Kritik 25: "Konkrete Poesie I", ed. H.L. Arnold, Munich, 1970. (German)
  • Text + Kritik 30: "Konkrete Poesie II", ed. H.L. Arnold, Munich, 1971. (German)
  • Klaus Peter Dencker, Text-Bilder: visuelle Poesie international: von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Cologne: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1972, 190 pp. (German)
  • Thomas Kopfermann (ed.), Theoretische Positionen zur Konkreten Poesie. Texte und Bibliographie, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1974. (German)
  • Harald Hartung, Experimentelle Literatur und konkrete Poesie, Göttingen, 1975. (German)
  • Dieter Kessler, Untersuchungen zur Konkreten Dichtung: Vorformen, Theorien, Texte, Meisenheim am Glan: Hain, 1976, 418 pp. (German)
  • Wolfgang Max Faust, Bilder werden Worte: zum Verhältnis von bildender Kunst und Literatur im 20. Jahrhundert oder Vom Anfang der Kunst im Ende der Künste, Munich: Hanser, 1977, 268 pp. Based on PhD dissertation from TU, Berlin, 1976. (German)
  • Bob Cobbing, Peter Mayer, Concerning Concrete Poetry, London: Writers Forum, 1978, 85 pp; repr., London: Slimvolume, 2014. (English)
  • Thomas Kopfermann, Konkrete Poesie: Fundamentalpoetik und Textpraxis einer Neo-Avantgarde, Peter Lang, 1981, 335 pp. (German)
  • Poetics Today 3(3): "Concrete Poetry", Summer 1982. (English)
  • Visible Language 20(1): "Pattern Poetry: A Symposium", ed. Dick Higgins, Jan 1986. (English)
  • Willard Bohn, The Aesthetics of Visual Poetry, 1914-1928, Cambridge University Press, 1986; University of Chicago Press, 1993, x+228 pp.
  • Dick Higgins, Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature, SUNY Press, 1987, x+275 pp. (English)
  • Visible Language 23(1): "The Printed Poem and the Reader", ed. Richard Bradford, Jan 1988. (English)
  • Bob Cobbing, Changing Forms in English Visual Poetry: The Influence of Tools and Machines, London: Writers Forum, 1988, [16] pp. Lecture given at the international conference Visuelle Poesie im Historischen Wandel / Changing Forms of Visual Poetry held in the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel, 30 Aug-4 Sep 1987. (English)
  • Víťazoslav Hronec, Jaroslav Supek (eds.), Nový život. Nové umenie, Novi Sad: Obzor, 1990. (Slovak)
  • Harvard Library Bulletin 3(2): "Material Poetry of the Renaissance/The Renaissance of Material Poetry", ed. Roland Greene, Summer 1992. Bibliography. [18] [19] (English)
  • John Byrum, Crag Hill (eds.), Core: A Symposium on Contemporary Visual Poetry, Mentor, OH: Generator Press, and Mill Valley, CA: Score, 1993, 156 pp. (English)
  • Victoria Pineda, "Speaking about Genre: The Case of Concrete Poetry", New Literary History 26:2, 1995, pp 379-393. [20] (English)
  • K. David Jackson, Eric Vos, Johanna Drucker (eds.), Experimental-Visual-Concrete. Avant-Garde Poetry Since the 1960s, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1996, 448 pp. TOC. (English)
  • Eugen Gomringer, Theorie der Konkreten Poesie. Texte und Manifeste 1954-1997. Gesamtwerk Band II, Vienna: Splitter, 1997. (German)
  • Willard Bohn, Modern Visual Poetry, Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2001. [21] (English)
  • Willard Bohn, Reading Visual Poetry, Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010, 176 pp. (English)
  • Klaus Peter Dencker, Optische Poesie: Von den prähistorischen Schriftzeichen bis zu den digitalen Experimenten der Gegenwart, De Gruyter, 2011. [22] (German)
  • E. Berry, "Visual Poetry", in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 4th ed., ed. Roland Greene, Princeton University Press, 2012, pp 1522-1525. (English)
  • Aleksandra Kremer, "Poezja konkretna w trzech obszarach językowych" [Concrete Poetry in Three Languages], Przestrzenie Teorii 19, Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University Press, 2013, pp 95-114. (Polish)
  • Jamie Hilder, Designed Words for a Designed World: The International Concrete Poetry Movement, 1955-1971, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 277 pp. Based on PhD dissertation, 2010. (English)
  • Richard Bradford, Graphic Poetics: Poetry as Visual Art, Bloomsbury, 2011. (English)

the West

  • Liselotte Gimpel, "Concrete" Poetry from East and West Germany: The Language of Exemplarism and Experimentalism, Yale University Press, 1977, xvi+268 pp. Reviews: Butler (J Eur Stud), O'Swald (GDR Bulletin), Weimar (GDR Bulletin). (English)
  • David H.T. Scott, Pictorialist Poetics: Poetry and the Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century France, Cambridge University Press, 1988. (English)
  • Michael Backes, Experimentelle Semiotik in Literaturavantgarden: über die Wiener Gruppe mit Bezug auf die Konkrete Poesie, Munich: Fink, 2001, 345 pp. (German)
  • Humphrey Ottenhof, De letter te lijf: beeldvorming van concrete en visuele poëzie in Nederland en Vlaanderen, Groningen: DMZ/MAW, 2005, 329 pp. PhD dissertation. [23] (Dutch)

East-Central Europe

Czech Republic

See also magazine Psí víno.

Slovakia

See also magazines Kloaka and Enter.

  • Zora Rusinová, "Experimentálna poézia", in Slovník svetového a slovenského výtvarného umenia druhej polovice 20. storočia, Bratislava: Kruh súčasného výtvarného umenia, 1999, pp 75-79. Encyclopedic entry. (Slovak)
  • Zora Rusinová, "Lettrizmus", in Slovník svetového a slovenského výtvarného umenia druhej polovice 20. storočia, Bratislava: Kruh súčasného výtvarného umenia, 1999. Encyclopedic entry. (Slovak)
  • František Štraus, Štefan Moravčík, Princípy hry v slovenskej poézii, Martin: Matica slovenská, 2001. (Slovak)
  • Miloš Štofko, "Experimentálna poézia", in Štofko, Od abstrakcie po živé umenie. Slovník pojmov moderného a postmoderného umenia, Bratislava: Slovart, 2007, pp 59-62. Encyclopedic entry. (Slovak)
  • Katarína Ihringová, "Experimentálna poézia a jej podoby v slovenskom vizuálnom umení", Slovenská literatúra 58:4, Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, 2011, pp 317-330. [29] (Slovak)
  • Katarína Ihringová, Vzťah slova a obrazu v slovenskom vizuálnom umení, Trnava: Pergamen, 2012. (Slovak)
  • Bogumiła Suwara, Zuzana Husárová (eds.), V sieti strednej Európy: nielen o elektronickej literatúre, Bratislava: SAP & Ústav svetovej literatúry, 2012, 312 pp. (Slovak),(Czech)
  • Michal Rehúš, Jaroslav Šrank, "Nesystematický návod na použitie slovenskej experimentálnej poézie", in V sieti strednej Európy: nielen o elektronickej literatúre, eds. Bogumila Suwara and Zuzana Husárová, Bratislava: SAP a Ústav svetovej literatúry, 2012, pp 241-264. (Slovak)
  • Ha!art 42(2): "Czeska i słowacka literatura nowomedialna", Kraków: Korporacja Ha!art, 2013. (Polish)
  • Michal Jareš, Veronika Ráczová, Ľubica Schmarcová, "Experimentálna línia", in Hľadanie súčasnosti. Slovenská literatúra začiatku 21. storočia, Bratislava: Literárne informačné centrum, 2014. [30] (Slovak)
  • Enter 24: "Kreatívny manuál pre slovenskú nekonvenčnú poéziu", ed. Michal Murin, Košice: Dive Buki, Dec 2015, 90 pp. [31] (Slovak)
  • Michal Murin, "Triangulačné body nekonvenčnej poézie na Slovensku", in Milan Adamčiak, Archív II (KOPO): konkrétna poézia 1964-1972, Košice: Dive Buki, 2016, pp 12-85. (Slovak)
  • Peter Zajac, "Optická poézia Milana Adamčiaka v kontexte slovenskej literatúry", in Milan Adamčiak, Archív II (KOPO): konkrétna poézia 1964-1972, Košice: Dive Buki, 2016, pp 294-326. (Slovak)
  • Zuzana Husárová, "Slovenská elektronická literatúra", World Literature Studies 3:8, 2016, pp 57-77. (Slovak)

Poland

  • Tadeusz Sławek, Między literami. Szkice o poezji konkretnej [Between Letters: Sketches on Concrete Poetry], Katowice: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 1989. (Polish)
  • Piotr Rypson, Obraz slowa historia poezji wisualnej, Warsaw, 1989, 373 pp. (Polish)
  • Małgorzata Dawidek Gryglicka, Historia tekstu wizualnego. Polska po 1967 roku, Kraków: Korporacja Ha!art, 2012, 752 pp. Review: Kearns (Enclave). (Polish)

Yugoslavia

Romania

  • Andrei Oisteanu, "The Romanian Avant-Garde And Visual Poetry", in Dada East? The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire, eds. Adrian Notz and E-cart.ro, Zurich: Cabaret Voltaire, and Bucharest: E-cart.ro, 2007; repr. in Exquisite Corpse. A Journal of Letters and Life, n.d. (English)

East Germany

  • Liselotte Gimpel, "Concrete" Poetry from East and West Germany: The Language of Exemplarism and Experimentalism, Yale University Press, 1977, xvi+268 pp. Reviews: Butler (J Eur Stud), O'Swald (GDR Bulletin), Weimar (GDR Bulletin). (English)

Latin America

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