PPPPPP: Poems Performances Pieces Proses Plays Poetics
By Kurt Schwitters. Edited and translated by Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris.
The now classic compilation of writings by Kurt Schwitters, Dada pioneer and the inventor of Merz
Kurt Schwitters' stated goal was to "erase the boundaries between the arts." This collection, culled from the five-volume German edition of Schwitters' writings, introduces the total work of art that is Merz through Schwitters' words. Included is the complete text for the "Ursonate," Schwitters' legendary and lengthy epic of sound poetry, which, as poets, editors and translators Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris comment, "is to sound poetry what Joyce's Ulysses is to the twentieth-century novel.
FORMAT: Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 288 pgs. LIST PRICE: U.S. $17.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $25.5 GBP £15.99 ISBN: 9781878972354 PUBLISHER: Exact Change AVAILABLE: 9/30/2010 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
PPPPPP: Poems Performances Pieces Proses Plays Poetics
Published by Exact Change. By Kurt Schwitters. Edited and translated by Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris.
The now classic compilation of writings by Kurt Schwitters, Dada pioneer and the inventor of Merz
Kurt Schwitters' stated goal was to "erase the boundaries between the arts." This collection, culled from the five-volume German edition of Schwitters' writings, introduces the total work of art that is Merz through Schwitters' words. Included is the complete text for the "Ursonate," Schwitters' legendary and lengthy epic of sound poetry, which, as poets, editors and translators Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris comment, "is to sound poetry what Joyce's Ulysses is to the twentieth-century novel.
