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William Anastasi's Pataphysical Society: Jarry, Joyce, duchamp and Cage / Levy, Aaron, editor ; Rabate, Jean-Michel, editor ; McCaffery S ; Romberg O., 2005

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Identifier: CC-46572-49301

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Scope and Contents

This publication served as the catalogue for the exhibition of Anastasi's work at the Slought foundation, Philadelphia, curated by Oswalds Romberg who contributed an introductory essay. It engages work by conceptual artist William Anastasi in relation to literary and artistic predecessors and contemporaries including Jarry, Joyce, Duchamp, and Cage. This publication is edited by Aaron Levy and Jean-Michel Rabate, with contributions by William Anastasi, Joseph Masheck, Thomas McEvilley, and Steve McCaffery, and an introduction by Osvaldo Romberg. In addition, nearly 40 manuscript pages from William Anastasi's manuscripts "me innerman monophone" and "du jarry," engaging Joyce and Duchamp via Jarry, are reproduced in the book, alongside 10 pages of reproductions of Anastasi's work from the 1960s. By showing concretely that many passages in Finnegans Wake contain buried allusions to Jarry's characters and vocabulary and personality, Anastasi is not simply annotating Joyce's masterpiece; he provides a new way of reading all avant-garde literature. If Jarry is shown to be somewhere in Joyce's texts, how can we be sure that he is not everywhere? -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2005

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Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (113 pages)) ; 21.8 x 14.2 x .9 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: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Slought Foundation. Signed by: Aaron [Levy] (r.c.- title page ). Inscription: Dear Ruth & Marvin, In friendship and admiration. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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