{"product_id":"oulipo-a-primer-of-potential-literature-9781564781871","title":"Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable collection of writings by members of the group known as the Oulipo (Ouvroir de litterature potentiale), this anthology includes, among others, Italo Calvino, Harry Mathews, Georges Perec, Jacques Roubaud, and Raymond Queneau. Founded in Paris in 1960, the Oulipo views imaginative writing as an exercise dominated by the method of \"constraints.\" While a major contribution to literary theory, and also great fun, \u003ci\u003eOulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature \u003c\/i\u003eis perhaps most distinguished as an indispensable guide to writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarren F. Motte, Jr. is chair of the Department of French and Italian at \u003cbr\u003ethe University of Colorado, Boulder, where he specializes in \u003cbr\u003econtemporary writing and focuses particularly on experimental works that\u003cbr\u003e challenge conventional notions of literary form. He has written several\u003cbr\u003e studies of contemporary French Literature, including \u003ci\u003eFables of the \u003cbr\u003eNovel: French Fiction Since 1990\u003c\/i\u003e, available from Dalkey Archive Press. \u003cbr\u003eTranslator and editor of \u003ci\u003eOulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, he \u003cbr\u003ealso edited an issue of the journal SubStance dedicated to the work of \u003cbr\u003eJacques Jouet, and is a contributing editor to Context magazine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515795083538,"sku":"9781564781871","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09bb18a5-3e58-45ae-b7b1-75b9ead1b046.jpg?v=1731012052","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/oulipo-a-primer-of-potential-literature-9781564781871","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}