Concrete Poetry

A 21st-Century Anthology

Concrete Poetry
Nancy Perloff
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Hardback
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11 Oct 2021 UK
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9781789143683
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Concrete Poetry : A 21st century Anthology presents a selective yet wide-ranging anthology of concrete poetry edited by curator Nancy Perloff and dedicated to singling out the most distinctive and significant works of this influential, interdisciplinary movement. Perloff' s choices exemplify poets whom she believes are especially important, and who represent the real strengths of the movement. She includes works by the little-known Japanese concretists and the Wiener Gruppe - groups that, together with the Brazilian poet Augusto de Campos and the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, have engaged with the most subtle possibilities of language itself - while also incorporating key examples from Eugen Gomringer, Dieter Roth, Henri Chopin and others and including contemporary contributions by Cia Rinne and Susan Howe. Perloff' s anthology presents individual poems, reproduced in their original languages, together with lively commentaries that explicate and contextualize the work, allowing readers to discover the intricacy of poems that have formerly been dismissed as simple, even trivial, texts. This substantial new collection redefines what the concrete poetry movement means today.
"Perloff' s lively style and tone in this book help to give new life to old forms, conveying something of the sense of adventure felt among those of us still young enough to remember being part of this postwar cultural movement. Written in a highly accessible way, with a fine choice of accompanying poems, it' s a book to generate new interest as well as to inform existing initiates. " -- Hansjoerg Mayer, poet, typographer, and publisher "This new anthology is to be welcomed. It features a wide range of international poets who contributed to the movement, and displays prime examples of their poetic output in its original setting. Perloff offers personal commentaries on the individual poems, and provides a historical introduction which also conveys her belief in the enduring legacy of the movement. " -- Stephen Bann CBE, emeritus professor of history of art, University of Bristol, editor of "Concrete Poetry: An International Anthology" "This wonderfully rich anthology reveals the experimentation and internationalism of concrete poetry and its continuing significance. Perloff' s fresh selection, including the work of poets from Austria and Japan, offers scholarly insight alongside helpful notes to each poem. " -- Andrew Nairne OBE, director, Kettle' s Yard, University of Cambridge
Nancy Perloff is the curator of modern & contemporary collections at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. She is the author or editor of many books, including Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art.
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ISBN-13: 9781789143683
Published: 11 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 159mm
Pages: 224

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