{"product_id":"avant-canada","title":"Avant Canada","description":"\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.\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244433199448,"sku":"9781771123525","price":42.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781771123525_3b590c74-4473-4b97-9803-2337cfabd65d.jpg?v=1777716047","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/avant-canada","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}