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 ...
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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.
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Very Good. 1987. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf wear; light curling to bottom corner of front wrap. Else a bright, clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Literary Criticism).
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 284 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. SUNY, 1987, 1st printing, 275 pages, oversize hardcover in a very good jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear
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Very good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 284 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. Book is closer to fine, with only modest soiling to text edges. DJ has a fair amount of tearing and creasing along all edges though is largely intact, with little loss of DJ. The softcover edition is scarce and the hardcover version is quite scarce. Please contact me if you need further info on condition.
