{"product_id":"avant-canada-gregory-betts-9781771123525","title":"Avant Canada: Poets, Prophets, Revolutionaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvant Canada\u003c\/i\u003e presents a rich collection of original essays and creative works on a representative array of avant-garde literary movements in Canada from the past fifty years. From the work of Leonard Cohen and bpNichol to that of Jordan Abel and Liz Howard, \u003ci\u003eAvant Canada\u003c\/i\u003e features twenty-eight of the best writers and critics in the field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book proposes four dominant modes of avant-garde production: \"Concrete Poetics,\" which accentuates the visual and material aspects of language; \"Language Writing,\" which challenges the interconnection between words and things; \"Identity Writing,\" which interrogates the self and its sociopolitical position; and \"Copyleft Poetics,\" which undermines our habitual assumptions about the ownership of expression. A fifth section commemorates the importance of the Centennial in the 1960s at a time when avant-garde cultures in Canada began to emerge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders of this book will become familiar with some of the most challenging works of literature--and their creators--that this country has ever produced. From Concrete Poetry in the 1960s through to Indigenous Literature in the 2010s, \u003ci\u003eAvant Canada\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most sweeping study of the literary avant-garde in Canada to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Betts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771123524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771123525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Gregory Betts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984258269439,"sku":"9781771123525","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86250303-e7f3-4ca2-82a5-5e2f97acd166.jpg?v=1683271355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/avant-canada-gregory-betts-9781771123525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}