Reading visual poetry

by Bohn, Willard

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Title Statements

Full title :Reading visual poetry / Willard Bohn.

Summary

"Visual poetry can be defined as poetry that is meant to be seen. Combining painting and poetry, it attempts to synthesize the principles underlying each discipline. Visual poems are immediately recognizable by their refusal to adhere to a rectilinear grid and by their tendency to flout their plasticity. In contrast to traditional poetry, they are conceived not only as literary works but also as works of art. Although they continue to provide visual cues that aid in deciphering the text, they function simultaneously as visual compositions. Whether the visual elements form a rudimentary pattern or whether they constitute a highly sophisticated design, they transform the poem into a picture. Reading Visual Poetry examines works created in Spain, Latin America, France, Italy, Brazil, and the United States. While it attempts to recreate the historical and cultural context surrounding each of the works in question, it is conceived primarily as a series of readings-or rather as a series of readings about reading. This book seeks to interpret a number of poems, which, despite their apparent simplicity, can be difficult to decipher. It explores the process of interpretation itself, which, like the compositions, can be surprisingly complex"--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Place of Publication:Madison [New Jersey]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (176 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781611470635, 1611470633, 0838642721, 9780838642726, 1283163519, 9781283163514, 9786613163516, 6613163511
oclc:ocn746294729
LC Classification:PN1455
Dewey Decimal:809.1/04

The word made flesh -- Spanish ultraist poetry -- Hispano-American poetry -- French poetry after Apollinaire -- Italian futurist aeropoetry -- Brazilian concrete poetry -- Digital poetry -- Eyesight and insight.

Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Criticism, interpretation, etc Poésie -- Explication de texte Poésie visuelle -- Histoire et critique Poetry -- Explication Visual poetry Visual poetry -- History and criticism