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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

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Gloup and Woup / Cobbing, Bob, editor; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Cox K; Mayer P; Cobbing B; Edmonds T., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-19807-20194
Scope and Contents

GLOUP (GLOUcestershire grouP) signifies name given by Jonathan Williams to group of concrete poets living in the west of England, mainly in Gloustershire, including Dom Sylvester Houedard, John Furnival and Kenhelm Cox. WOUP (Westminster grOUP) is name given by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer to group of concrete poets living in London, mainly in the city of Westminster, including Cobbing, Mayer and Tom Edmonds. This anthology presents five works by each the poets. One copy has a yellow papercard cover, the other an orange one with a tear. Tom Edmonds who died at age 27 years was a member of the group; the Sackner Archive holds three of his typewriter drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974