{"product_id":"asemic-peter-schwenger-9781517906979","title":"Asemic: The Art of Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first critical study of writing without language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eAsemic\u003c\/i\u003e fills that gap, proposing new ways of rethinking the nature of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePioneered 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsemic\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Schwenger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517906970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517906979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Schwenger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940066459903,"sku":"9781517906979","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7d3f340c-5d46-4878-bb5f-4604c4a4ad62.jpg?v=1681445091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asemic-peter-schwenger-9781517906979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}