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Title:

ABECEDARIUM

By:

Dennis Cooley

Format:

Paperback

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£16.99

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£14.44

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£2.55

ISBN 10:

0888646453

ISBN 13:

9780888646453

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS

Pub. date:

20 March, 2014

Series:

Robert Kroetsch Series

Pages:

160

Language:

English, Multiple languages

Description:

With linguistic keenness and rapid-fire shifts, Cooley's abecedarium challenges the way we look at language.

Synopsis:

would you believe me when i make consorts of alphabet runaways & stayathomes i have rounded up where they wandered all over the page Dennis Cooley masterfully extends the genre of the abecedary to explore his curiosity of the limitlessness of human communication. With linguistic wit and complexity, his poetry carries the reader through the historical developments of the alphabet. He pries open letters and words to play with both their immediate meaning and the possibilities within the words themselves, creating surprises as he explores spelling, sound, syntax, and pronunciation. After reading Cooley's abecedarium you'll never look at language the same way. Lovers of experimental poetry as well as those interested in linguistic play or the history of language will relish the rapid-fire shifts and musicality of Cooley's newest collection of poetry.

Publication:

Canada

Imprint:

University of Alberta Press

Returns:

Returnable

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