Title Borderblur poetics : intermedia and avant-gardism in Canada, 1963-1988 / Eric Schmaltz

Published Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations Contents Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bordering the Blur -- Concrete Poetry -- Sound Poetry -- Kinetic Poetry -- Intermedial Poetry in Canada Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "Discover how avant-garde artists challenged the cultural hegemony with intermedial forms of literary production in this exciting examination of Canada's borderblur poets. Beginning in 1963 and continuing through the late 1980s, a loose coterie of like-minded Canadian poets challenged the conventions of writing and poetic meaning by fusing their practice with strategies from visual art, sound art, sculpture, instillation, and performance. They called it "borderblur" Borderblur Poetics traces the emergence and proliferation of this node of poetic activity, an avant-garde movement comprising concrete poetry, sound poetry, and kinetic poetry, practiced by poets and artists like bpNichol, bill bissett, Judith Copithorne, Steve McCaffery, Penn Kemp, Ann Rosenberg, Gerry Shikatani, Shaunt Basmajian, among others. Author Eric Schmaltz demonstrates how these poets formed an alternative tradition, one that embraced intermediality to challenge the hegemony of Canadian literature established during the heydays of cultural nationalism. He shows the importance of intermediality as a driving cultural force and how its proliferation significantly altered Canadian cultural expression. Drawing on a combination of archival research, historical analysis, and literary criticism, Borderblur Poetics adds significant nuance to theories and criticisms of Canadian literature."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 12, 2023) Subject Experimental poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism Canadian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century . Canadian poetry Experimental poetry Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781773854601 1773854607 9781773854588 1773854585 9781773854595 1773854593

Other Titles Intermedia and avant-gardism in Canada, 1963-1988

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