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The duplicate copy of this record also has the mimeographed pages written by Houedard. The manuscript of the Houedard piece is held by the Sackner Archive and the three copies are stored in three locations . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book traces the history of concrete-visual-shaped poetry from ancient times to the earl avant garde movements of the 20th century and concludes with Hungarian works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The first 250 pagesof this 374 page book onsist of a wel illustrated discourse on ancient patern poetry. This is followed by a text with examples of concrete poetry and avant garde typography of the 20th century with an emphasis on Polish poets.The bibliography cites the Sackner Catalogue 1984 and a page from Sackner Archive book "Naked Among The Clad" by Kamensky is reproduced on page 261 of Rypson's book. This book could be classified as a reference to ancient concrete poetry as well as contemporary work and arbitralily it is stored on the reference shelf as concrete poetry international. Rypson has also included a discussion with examples of ancient Hebrew pattern poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Although his inscription alludes to a second edition, this was not meant to be. In this first edition, first printing, Higgins tells the history of pattern poetry, documenting more than 2000 works. He divides the book by chapters such as Language and Literature, e.g., Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, French, German, Scandinavian, Dutch and Flemish, British, Hispanic, Polish, and Slavic. He also has a chapter on Languages outside European such as Far East, Citrakavyas and other Indian languages, Islamic, and Languages in which no pattern poetry has been reported. In another chapter, he descibes Acrostics, Telestics, Mesostics, Lapidary Inscriptions, Leonine Verse, Magical Inscriptions and Formulae, Mathematical Arrays and Poems, Musical Analogues of Pattern Poetry, Proteus Poems, Rebuses, Shaped Prose, and Sound Poetry. De. Herbert Francke contributes a chapter on Chinese Pattern Texts and Dr. Kalanath Jha on Sandscrit Citrakavyas. Higgins' glossary of terms follows...

Scope and Contents Higgins tells the history of pattern poetry, documenting more than 2000 works. He divides the book by chapters such as Language and Literature, e.g., Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, French, German, Scandinavian, Dutch and Flemish, British, Hispanic, Polish, and Slavic. He also has a chapter on Languages outside European such as Far East, Citrakavyas and other Indian languages, Islamic, and Languages in which no pattern poetry has been reported. In another chapter, he describes Acrostics, Telestics, Mesostics, Lapidary Inscriptions, Leonine Verse, Magical Inscriptions and Formulae, Mathematical Arrays and Poems, Musical Analogues of Pattern Poetry, Proteus Poems, Rebuses, Shaped Prose, and Sound Poetry. De. Herbert Francke contributes a chapter on Chinese Pattern Texts and Dr. Kalanath Jha on Sandscrit Citrakavyas. Higgins' glossary of terms follows below.ABECEDARIAN VERSE: poetry in which the first word of a line, the subject of the line or all the words of the line are...

Scope and Contents Higgins tells the history of pattern poetry, documenting more than 2000 works. He divides the book by chapters such as Language and Literature, e.g., Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, French, German, Scandinavian, Dutch and Flemish, British, Hispanic, Polish, and Slavic. He also has a chapter on Languages outside European such as Far East, Citrakavyas and other Indian languages, Islamic, and Languages in which no pattern poetry has been reported. In another chapter, he describes Acrostics, Telestics, Mesostics, Lapidary Inscriptions, Leonine Verse, Magical Inscriptions and Formulae, Mathematical Arrays and Poems, Musical Analogues of Pattern Poetry, Proteus Poems, Rebuses, Shaped Prose, and Sound Poetry. De. Herbert Francke contributes a chapter on Chinese Pattern Texts and Dr. Kalanath Jha on Sandscrit Citrakavyas. Higgins' glossary of terms follows below.ABECEDARIAN VERSE: poetry in which the first word of a line, the subject of the line or all the words of the line are...

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The first section of this book deals with Morales Prado's definitions of experimental poetry together with an illustrated portion of 31 examples from ancient pattern poetry up to the Noigandres group of poets. This is followed by an anthology of examples in black and white and colored of concrete and visual poems. The final section of this book provides brief biographical and bibliographical information about each poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Nazerenko contibutes a lengthy introductory essay on the history of concrete and visual poetry with emphasis on Ukrainian poets entitled "Calligraphic Scratches, Squiggles and Shaped Texts: The Evolution of Ukrainian Visual Literature." A great deal of research for this book was carried out in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In this extensive anthology, several examples of Constantine Xenakis' works are depicted; his work is represented in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This anthology traces the historic roots of concrete and visual poetics through numerous illustrations to contemporary times. Franz Mon's "Collage" of 1965 (Decollage) depicted on page 81 is held by the Sackner Archive. The originals of Ruutsalo's "Textfilm" reproduced on page 96 are also held by the Sackner Archive. The book includes a section that shows employment of concrete and visual poems in commercial advertisements. The cover depicts a reproduction of a collage by Jochen Gerz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This anthology traces the historic roots of concrete and visual poetics through numerous illustrations to contemporary times. Franz Mon's "Collage" of 1965 (Decollage) depicted on page 81 is held by the Sackner Archive. The originals of Ruutsalo's "Textfilm" reproduced on page 96 are also held by the Sackner Archive. The book includes a section that shows employment of concrete and visual poems in commercial advertisements. The cover depicts a reproduction of a collage by Jochen Gerz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Although this book deals mainly with ancient poetry, attention is also paid to contemporary poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.