{"product_id":"avant-canada-poets-prophets-revolutionaries-9781771123525","title":"Avant Canada: Poets, Prophets, Revolutionaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ccite\u003eAvant Canada\u003c\/cite\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, this book features twenty-nine of the best writers and critics in the field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Readers 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Betts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771123525","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43349310963849,"sku":"9781771123525","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2fc4637a-4b18-4dd3-9e6e-894294890610.jpg?v=1739260000","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/avant-canada-poets-prophets-revolutionaries-9781771123525","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}