Asemic av Peter Schwenger

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<P><B>The first critical study of writing without language</B></P><P><BR/> In recent years, asemic writing—writing without language—has exploded in popularity, with anthologies, a large-scale art exhibition, and flourishing interest on sites like tumblr, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram. Yet this burgeoning, fascinating field has never received a dedicated critical study. <I>Asemic</I> fills that gap, proposing new ways of rethinking the nature of writing.</P><P>Pioneered in the work of creators such as Henri Michaux, Roland Barthes, and Cy Twombly, asemic writing consolidated as a movement in the 1990s. Author Peter Schwenger first covers these “asemic ancestors” before moving to current practitioners such as Michael Jacobson, Rosaire Appel, and Christopher Skinner, exploring how asemic writing has evolved and gained importance in the contemporary era.</P><P><I>Asemic</I> includes intriguing revelations about the relation of asemic writing to Chinese characte