La fin de vers, laboratoire de l’œuvre poétique de l’artiste Josef Albers

The writings of Josef Albers (1888-1976) have been obscured by his artistic fame. Through textual analyses, archival material, and a study of his learning of English, this paper explores the poeticity of his writings (poems, statements, treatises on color). In his extended poetry, Albers constructed...

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Main Author: Vincent Broqua
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Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2021-07-01
Series:Transatlantica
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/16999
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description The writings of Josef Albers (1888-1976) have been obscured by his artistic fame. Through textual analyses, archival material, and a study of his learning of English, this paper explores the poeticity of his writings (poems, statements, treatises on color). In his extended poetry, Albers constructed a new type of line between verse and prose to allow for an experience of the physicality of the text. Run-on-lines and line-endings are the site of this experience.
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La fin de vers, laboratoire de l’œuvre poétique de l’artiste Josef Albers
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poetry and art
run-on-line
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title La fin de vers, laboratoire de l’œuvre poétique de l’artiste Josef Albers
title_full La fin de vers, laboratoire de l’œuvre poétique de l’artiste Josef Albers
title_fullStr La fin de vers, laboratoire de l’œuvre poétique de l’artiste Josef Albers
title_full_unstemmed La fin de vers, laboratoire de l’œuvre poétique de l’artiste Josef Albers
title_short La fin de vers, laboratoire de l’œuvre poétique de l’artiste Josef Albers
title_sort la fin de vers laboratoire de l oeuvre poetique de l artiste josef albers
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