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Reading Visual Poetry
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2010
Summary
Visual poetry can be defined as poetry that is meant to be seen. Combining painting and poetry, it attempts to synthesize the principles underlying each discipline. Visual poems are immediately recognizable by their refusal to adhere to a rectilinear grid and by their tendency to flout their plasticity. In contrast to traditional poetry, they are conceived not only as literary works but also as works of art. Although they continue to provide visual cues that aid in deciphering the text, they function simultaneously as visual compositions. Whether the visual elements form a rudimentary pattern or whether they constitute a highly sophisticated design, they transform the poem into a picture. Reading Visual Poetry examines works created in Spain, Latin America, France, Italy, Brazil, and the United States. While it attempts to recreate the historical and cultural context surrounding each of the works in question, it is conceived primarily as a series of readings-or rather as a series of readings about reading. This book seeks to interpret a number of poems, which, despite their apparent simplicity, can be difficult to decipher. It explores the process of interpretation itself, which, like the compositions, can be surprisingly complex.
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Edition
1/2010
Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-1-61147-062-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-61147-063-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
176
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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List of Illustrations No access
Acknowledgments No access
1. The Word Made Flesh No access Pages 13 - 18
2. Spanish Ultraist Poetry No access Pages 19 - 48
3. Hispano-American Poetry No access Pages 49 - 79
4. French Poetry after Apollinaire No access Pages 80 - 102
5. Italian Futurist Aeropoetry No access Pages 103 - 118
6. Brazilian Concrete Poetry No access Pages 119 - 140
