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Reading the Illegible / Dworkin, Craig ; Acconci V ; Dante ; Altieri C ; Andrews B ; Ashbery J ; Baldessari J ; Beckett S ; Bernstein C ; Blake W ; Bok C ; Bowlt J ; Breton A ; Broodthaers M ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; Campbell K ; Carrega U ; Caruso L ; Bunting B ; Cobbing B ; Coolidge C ; Davenport G ; Debord G ; Deguy M ; Derrida J ; Desnos R ; Dewdney C ; Dotremont C ; Drucker J ; Finlay IH ; Duchamp M ; Fraenkel E ; Gappmayr H ; Gill E ; Grenier R ; Gysin B ; Hejinian L ; Home S ; Howe S ; Inman P ; Isgro E ; Jacob M ; Johnson R ; Johnston A ; Joris P ; Jorn A ; Joyce J ; Klee P ; Kosuth J ; Kristeva J ; Kruchenykh A ; Lyotard JF ; MacLow J ; Mallarme S ; Mallock WH ; Ray M ; Marcus G ; Mayakovsky V ; McCaffery S ; McLuhan M ; Mekas J ; Michaux H ; Morgenstern C ; Nash J ; Nichol bp ; Paschal H ; Perloff M ; Phillips T ; Piombino N ; Ponge F ; Pound E ; Quartermain P ; Rasula J ; Retallack J ; Roth D ; Russolo L ; Roussel R ; Saroyan A ; Schwerner A ; Schwitters K ; Sharits P ; Silliman R ; Stein G ; Tinguely J ; Tschichold J ; Tzara T ; Waldrop R ; Warde B ; Williams J ; Wittgenstein L ; Wolman G ; Khlebnikov V ; Yates WB ; Zdanevich I ; Zukofsky L ; Zurn U ; Apollinaire G., 2003

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Identifier: CC-42091-44092

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Scope and Contents

Dworkin selects and critiques in detail several high spots of Illegible Texts to support the title of this book, e.g., text over text, cancelled texts, neologisms. These include Guy Debord's 'Fin de Copenhague' & 'Memoires,' Susan Howe's poetic works, Charles Bernstein's 'Veils,' of which five originals are held by the Sackner Archive, Rosemary 'Waldrop's 'Camp Printing,' John Cage's mesostics, Ezra Pound's 'Cantos,' Tom Phillips' 'A Humument,' Ronald Johnson's 'Radi Os,' Ken Campbell's 'Father's Garden,' and Fraenkel's version of Mallarme's 'Coup de Des' (held by the Sackner Archive). The book is accompanied by a large section of notes to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2003

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (238 pages)) : illustrations ; 22.8 x 15.2 x 14 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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