Constraining Chance: Georges Perec and the Oulipo

by Alison James

Book Overview

A token of the world's instability and of human powerlessness, chance is inevitably a crucial literary theme. It also presents formal problems: Must the artist struggle against chance in pursuit of a flawless work? Or does chance have a place in the artistic process or product? This book examines the representation and staging of chance in literature through the study of a specific case--the work of the twentieth-century French writer Georges Perec...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810125315
• ISBN13: 9780810125315
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"