Schwitters masterpoem may be seen and heard (in multiple versions) here: http://www.ubu.com/sound/ursonate.html
> From Jabberwocky to Lettrism. > >Eugène Jolas. >Transition. no. 1 (January 1948), ed. George Duthuit. pp. 104-120. > >The language of poetry has undergone more radical changes in the past >fifty years than were recorded during the previous three hundred years. >During the XVIIth, XVIIIth and XIXth centuries, language remained >generally static, with the exception, perhaps, of the addition of >certain technological terms. Esthetic language, however, hardly varied >at all from Racine to Valéry, from Marlowe to Eliot. And this despite >the fact that all-important scientific discoveries were being made, that >human consciousness was continually expanding, that new dimensions of >thought cried out for new expression. Even today, it cannot be >truthfully said that academic language has greatly altered during the >last four or five decades, and the tragic misunderstandings resulting >from persistent use of exhausted terms are only too numerous. What has >characterized this period, however, is the continuous metamorphosis >which has been taking place on the periphery of academic language, where >individuals with sensitive antennae, sensing linguistic decomposition >and conscious of the growing trend to abolish the frontier-posts of >words, have understood that one of the solutions to the problems of >verbal symbolism is to be found in phonetic transformation. > >more... >http://tinyurl.com/yk7hva3 >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
