Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Life as Creative Constraint by Anna Kemp Life as Creative Constraint is the first book to focus on the extraordinary life-writing of the French experimental writing group, the Oulipo. The games played by these writers are not simply pastimes or cunning writing techniques, but modes of survival, self-examination, self-invention, and relating to the world and to others. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Life as Creative Constraint is the first book to focus on the extraordinary life-writing of the French experimental writing group, the Oulipo. The Oulipos enthusiasm for literary games and formal gymnastics has seen its work caricatured as lifeless - impressively virtuoso but more interested in form than content and ultimately disengaged from the world. This book examines a broad corpus of work by Georges Perec, Marcel Bénabou, Jacques Roubaud and Anne F. Garréta to show that, despite the groups early devotion to the radical impersonality of mathematics, later generations of oulipians have brought the groups fascination with systems, games and constraints to bear on autobiography. Far from being lifeless, oulipian constraints and concepts provide the tools that allow writers to engage critically and creatively with lived experience, and mine the potential of the autobiographical genre. The games played by these writers are not simply pastimes or cunning writing techniques, but modes of survival, self-examination, self-invention, and relating to the world and to others. As the title of Georges Perecs masterpiece suggests, they are a mode demploi for life. Author Biography Anna Kemp was formerly a Senior Lecturer in French at Queen Mary University of London. She is now a childrens author based in Oxford. Table of Contents Introduction1. Playing and Being in Georges Perec2. The Potential Lives of Marcel Bénabou3. Personal Identity in Jacques Roubauds La Boucle4. Self-exposure and Self-erasure in Anne Garrétas Pas un jourConclusion Review "This is an engaging, beautifully written, and carefully evidenced book. Written with great verve and confidence, Anna Kemps voice is lively, limpid, and persuasive. The book shines in its close textual analysis and fiercely intelligent interpretations."Amanda Crawley Jackson, University of Sheffield Details ISBN1835537162 Author Anna Kemp Pages 216 Publisher Liverpool University Press Series Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781835537169 Format Paperback Imprint Liverpool University Press Subtitle Autobiography and the Oulipo Place of Publication Liverpool Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9781800345508 DEWEY 840.900914 Series Number 76 Audience General ISBN-10 1835537162 Publication Date 2024-09-03 UK Release Date 2024-09-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161858122;
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