P P P P P P : poems performance pieces proses plays poetics

A landmark anthology of German Dada artist Kurt Schwitters's writings, translated by Jerry Rothenberg and Pierre Joris. The prose and poetry in this volume embrace and undo every genre, prefiguring sound, concrete and language poetry, and laying the groundwork for performance art. Includes the score for Schwitters's "Ur Sonata, " perhaps the most famous work of sound poetry, a recording of which has recently been made available on several CDs.