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)Eugen Gomringer (ed.): konkrete poesie: deutschsprachige autoren (1972) [German]
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Autoren: Friedrich Achleitner, Max Bense, Claus Bremer, Reinhard Döhl, Heinz Gappmayr, Eugen Gomringer, Helmut Heißenbüttel, Ernst Jandl, Kurt Marti, Hansjörg Mayer, Franz Mon, Diter Rot, Gerhard Rühm, Konrad-Balder Schäuffelen, André Thomkins, Timm Ulrichs und Wolf Wezel.
Publisher Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart, 1972
Universal-Bibliothek, Nr. 9350/2
ISBN 3150093503, 9783150093504
174 pages
Craig Dworkin, Kenneth Goldsmith (eds.): Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing (2011)
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“In much the same way that photography forced painting to move in new directions, the advent of the World Wide Web, with its proliferation of easily transferable and manipulated text, forces us to think about writing, creativity, and the materiality of language in new ways.
In Against Expression, editors Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith present the most innovative works responding to the challenges posed by these developments. Charles Bernstein has described conceptual poetry as “poetry pregnant with thought.” Against Expression, the premier anthology of conceptual writing, presents work that is by turns thoughtful, funny, provocative, and disturbing.
Dworkin and Goldsmith, two of the leading spokespersons and practitioners of conceptual writing, chart the trajectory of the conceptual aesthetic from early precursors including Samuel Beckett and Marcel Duchamp to the most prominent of today’s writers. Nearly all of the major avant-garde groups of the past century are represented here, including Dada, OuLiPo, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, and Flarf to name just a few, but all the writers are united in their imaginative appropriation of found and generated texts and their exploration of nonexpressive language. Against Expression is a timely collection and an invaluable resource for readers and writers alike.”
Publisher Northwestern University Press, 2011
Avant-garde & Moderism Collection series
ISBN 0810127113, 9780810127111
593 pages
Reviews: Brian M. Reed (American Book Review), Stephen Burt (London Review of Books), Peli Grietzer (LA Review of Books), Richard Kostelanetz (Mayday), Andrew McCallum (English in Education), Samuel Vriezen’> (deReactor, NL).
Commentary: Sam Rowe (Full Stop).
Interview with Craig Dworkin (Katie L Price, Jacket2).
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