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- Book Title
- Asemic : The Art of Writing
- ISBN
- 9781517906979
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Art, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
- Publication Name
- Asemic : the Art of Writing
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Subject
- History / Contemporary (1945-), Alphabets & Writing Systems, General, Semiotics & Theory
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 10.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
1517906970
ISBN-13
9781517906979
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038736987
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
Asemic : the Art of Writing
Language
English
Subject
History / Contemporary (1945-), Alphabets & Writing Systems, General, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Art, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2019-006711
Reviews
"How does the noncommunicative communicate? This is the seemingly innocent question Peter Schwenger unpacks. At once storehouse and treatise, Asemic has the clarity of a dictionary entry, its sagacity delivered with deceptive ease, revealing a domain vaster than anyone would have thought: a Copernican marvel."--Jed Rasula, author of History of a Shiver: The Sublime Impudence of Modernism " Asemic is a long-overdue study of poetries that occupy liminal spaces between art, like Twombly's paintings, and recognizable words, like Michaux's poetry. Peter Schwenger offers an extended theory and an introductory survey of contemporary asemic writing by Michael Jacobson, Rosaire Appel, Christopher Skinner, and others. From this book one can learn to read and, by extension, teach a-semiological texts."--Craig Saper, co-editor of Readies for Bob Brown's Machine "This is the first full-length exploration of the history and meaning of asemic writing. Important figures such as Michaux, Twombly, Barthes, Jim Leftwich, and Rosaire Appel are included, as well as examples from Chinese culture. Well-chosen illustrations accompany Peter Schwenger's insightful text. This book is a solid first map of a territory previously unknown to academic study."--Tim Gaze, publisher of Asemic magazine, "What emerges in Schwenger's book is an aesthetics of language, and of reading in par- ticular, that draws attention to how asemic writing lets us dive into the untapped possibilities of incomprehension."-- Literary Review of Canada " The Art of Writing, Peter Schwenger's engaging and groundbreaking book focused on the asemic as a cultural phenomenon and ratified genre of modern and contemporary art."-- Art in America "Peter Schwenger offers a history of the practice, linking modern era pioneers like Barthes, Henri Michaux, and Cy Twombly to lesser-known contemporary practitioners Michael Jacobson, Rosaire Appel, and Christopher Skinner. Pulling examples of asemic writing from a diversity of fields--across contemporary art, comics, notation, and even nature--he demonstrates poet Michael Jacobson's fitting definition of his field: "Without words, asemic writing is able to relate to all words, colors, and even music, irrespective of the author or the reader's original language.""-- The Brooklyn Rail "Peter Schwenger offers the first book-length academic study of this vibrant field; it is an important and valuable start to the formal study of asemic writing."-- Rain Taxi Review of Books "Vital and fateful . . . engagingly international."-- CAA Reviews "In a clear and in-depth way, Asemic: the Art of Writing can be seen as a first official notation of that dance, excelling in the ability to bring to a wider audience the intricacies of a subject often seen as a niche of encrypted doodles legible only to a few."-- Electric Book Review
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Synopsis
The first critical study of asemic writing -- writing without language -- which was formalised in the 1990s but exists in western texts as far back as Tristram Shandy, inviting us to rethink the very nature of writing. In recent years, asemic writing -- writing without language -- has exploded in popularity, with anthologies, a large-scale art exhibition, and flourishing interest on sites like tumblr, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram. Yet this burgeoning, fascinating field has never received a dedicated critical study. Asemic fills that gap, proposing new ways of rethinking the nature of writing. Pioneered in the work of creators such as Henri Michaux, Roland Barthes, and Cy Twombly, asemic writing consolidated as a movement in the 1990s. Author Peter Schwenger first covers these 'asemic ancestors' before moving to current practitioners such as Michael Jacobson, Rosaire Appel, and Christopher Skinner, exploring how asemic writing has evolved and gained importance in the contemporary era. Asemic includes intriguing revelations about the relation of asemic writing to Chinese characters, the possibility of asemic writing in nature, and explanations of how we can read without language. Written in a lively style, this book will engage scholars of contemporary art and literary theory, as well as anyone interested in what writing was and what it is now in the process of becoming., The first critical study of writing without language In recent years, asemic writing--writing without language--has exploded in popularity, with anthologies, a large-scale art exhibition, and flourishing interest on sites like tumblr, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram. Yet this burgeoning, fascinating field has never received a dedicated critical study. Asemic fills that gap, proposing new ways of rethinking the nature of writing. Pioneered in the work of creators such as Henri Michaux, Roland Barthes, and Cy Twombly, asemic writing consolidated as a movement in the 1990s. Author Peter Schwenger first covers these "asemic ancestors" before moving to current practitioners such as Michael Jacobson, Rosaire Appel, and Christopher Skinner, exploring how asemic writing has evolved and gained importance in the contemporary era. Asemic includes intriguing revelations about the relation of asemic writing to Chinese characters, the possibility of asemic writing in nature, and explanations of how we can read without language. Written in a lively style, this book will engage scholars of contemporary art and literary theory, as well as anyone interested in what writing was and what it is now in the process of becoming.
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BF367.S39 2019
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