'Pataphysics: The Poetics of an Imaginary Science

by Christian Bök

'Pataphysics, the pseudoscience imagined by Alfred Jarry, has so far, because of its academic frivolity and hermetic perversity, attracted very little scholarly or critical inquiry, and yet it has inspired a century of experimentation. Tracing the place of 'pataphysics in the relationship between science and poetry, Christian B?k shows it is fundamental to the nature of the postmodern, and considers the work of Alfred Jarry and its influence on others...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810118777
• ISBN13: 9780810118775
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"