The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature

1. Introduction Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons and Brian Mchale Part 1: The Historical Avant-Gardes A. Modernist-Era Experimentalism 2. Italian Futurism and Russian Cubo-Futurism John White 3. The Poetics of Animism: Realism and the Fantastic in Expressionist Literature and Film Richard Murphy 4. The Surrealist Experiments with Language Peter Stockwell 5. The Literary Absurd Joanna Gavins B. Postmodernist Experimentalism 6. Spontaneity and Improvisation in Postwar Experimental Poetry Benjamin Lee 7. The Nouveau Roman and Tel Quel Danielle Marx-Scouras 8. Lettrism and Situationism Tyrus Miller 9. OuLiPo and Proceduralism Jan Baetens 10. Metafiction Ralph Berry 11. Postmodernism and Experiment Brian McHale C. Experiments with Identity 12. Sexing The Text: Womenâs Avant-Garde Writing in the Twentieth Century Ellen Friedman 13. Experiments in Black: African-American Avant-Garde Poetics Aldon Lynn Nielsen 14. The Limits of Hybridity: Language and Innovation in Anglophone Postcolonial Poetry Priyamvada Gopal D. The New Experimentalism 15. Avant-Pop Lance Olsen 16. Post-postmodernism Robert L. McLaughlin 17. Globalization and Transnationalism Liam Connell 18. Altermodernist Fiction Alison Gibbons 19. Manifestos and Ars Poetica Laura Winkiel 20. Post-criticism: Conceptual Takes Gregory L. Ulmer Part 2: Experiment Now: Printed Matter E. Experiments with Language 21. The Expanded Field of L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E Charles Bernstein 22. Concrete Poetry and Prose Joe Bray 23. Found Poetry, "Uncreative Writing," and the Art of Appropriation Andrew Epstein 24. Words in Visual Art Jessica Prinz 25. Hoax-Poetry and Inauthenticity Philip Mead F. Experiments with Narrative and Fiction 26. Unnatural Voices, Minds and Narration Jan Alber, Henrik Skov Nielsen and Brian Richardson 27. Impossible Worlds Marie-Laure Ryan 28. Experimental Life Writing Irene Kacandes 29. "Rotting Time": Genre Fiction and the Avant-Garde Elana Gomel G. Experiments with Form and Design 30. Graphic Narrative Hillary Chute 31. Multimodal Literature and Experimentation Alison Gibbons 32. Information Design, Emergent Culture and Experimental Form in the Novel Steve Tomasula 33. Interactive Fiction N. Katherine Hayles and Nick Montfort Part 3: Experiment Now: Beyond The Page H. The Digital Age 34. Digital fiction: Networked Narratives David Ciccoricco 35. Code Poetry and New-Media Literature Steve Tomasula 36. Computer Gaming Astrid Ensslin 37. Virtual Autobiography: Autographies, Interfaces, and Avatars Amy Elias