Václav Havel: Antikódy (1964) [Czech]
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Collection of concrete poems written by Václav Havel in the early 1960s. The book was followed by Antikody II manuscript (1968), published in a joint edition by Odeon in 1993. Torst edition (1999) also includes his early poems from 1952-56. Most complete edition was published by Václav Havel Library in 2013.
Publisher Odeon, Prague, 1964
153 pages
theatre adaptation (premiered at the Czech National Theatre on March 21, 2013)
Comment (1)Flaunt Magazine’s Au Contraire: All Poetry Is Poems (2013)
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Flaunt Magazine (Issue 125)’s Au Contraire insert of contemporary poetry. Features contributions from John Ashbery, Fiona Banner, Erica Baum, Caroline Bergvall, derek beaulieu, Christian Bök, Kenneth Goldsmith, and Alexandra Grant.
18 pages
via Derek Beaulieu
Dick Higgins: Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature (1987)
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“Pattern poetry–poetry from before 1900 that fuses literature and visual art–has existed since the times of ancient Crete and Egypt. Less well known than modern visual poetry, pattern poetry has been produced in most European and American literatures, and, as close analogues, in many oriental literatures.
This book tells the history of pattern poetry, documenting and classifying more than 2,000 works. Illustrations of each major genre of pattern poem are included. The book also explores related forms, such as graphic music notations, shaped prose, sound poetry, and poetic labyrinths, to name a few. A glossary, essays by two world authorities on the oriental analogues to the pattern poem, and the first full bibliography on pattern poetry complete the work. With this book, Dick Higgins has provided an indispensable tool for opening up the area of pattern poetry to the scholar and the lay reader alike, bringing order to what has been an obscure and confusing area, and delighting the eye and mind by casting light on these forgotten treasures.”
Publisher SUNY Press, 1987
ISBN 0887064140, 9780887064142
x+275 pages
Review: Piotr Wilczek (Pamiętnik Literacki, 1989, PL).
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