Scope and Contents This massive anthology presents English translations of avant garde poems of the earky 20th century written in foreign languages that often appeared in small editions of periodicals. This book took the editors several years to compile; the translations were written by the editors and others including Jack Hirschman. As John Bradley indicated in his review of the book in Rain Taxi Vol.17, No.2, 2012 "This anthology is a major publishing event..."Amazon.com: BURNING CITY acts as a "multisensory Baedecker" to the many incarnations of international modernism from 1910-1939. Inspired by the abandoned plans of the early avant-garde poet Yvan Goll to write a history of modernity through the poetry of that era, scholars Jed Rasula and Tim Conley have carried out Goll's project, scouring the small journals and magazines of the period for both lost and seminal texts. BURNING CITY is organized not just according to the cities which inspired the texts"”Paris, Cracow, Buenos Aires, and so...

Scope and Contents This book is divided into five sections that celebrate "the scope and prodigality of linguistics speculation in the West going back to the pre-Socratics." Part one, "Revolution of the Word," anchors the anthology to international modernism. Part two, "Oralities, Rituals, and Colloquies" extends sound poetry into a broader field of orality. Part three, "Lost and Found in Translation" addresses the theme of linguistic boundaries. Part four, "Letters to Words" charts language's elements, parts and particles in the form of script and scripture. Part five, "Matter and Atom" corroborates linguistic microparticles and the activity of letters.The book is made up of vignettes from essays or books dealing with aspects of language by writers that are accompanied by critical analysis by the editors. In addition, attention is also directed to specific journals and movements along these lines such as Transition and Oulipo. Illustrations from books that are reproduced in this book and held by the...