pataphysical

This is certainly a tendency in pataphysical writing, in which the absurd and the cruel often go hand in hand, but the technique of the pataphysical quirk is simply a technique.

Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008

This is certainly a tendency in pataphysical writing, in which the absurd and the cruel often go hand in hand, but the technique of the pataphysical quirk is simply a technique.

Notes on Strange Fiction: The Pataphysical Quirk Hal Duncan 2008

I should probably have updated this with a note that I've since dubbed the pataphysical quirk the "sutura" -- see "Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality".

Notes on Strange Fiction: The Pataphysical Quirk Hal Duncan 2008

I should probably have updated this with a note that I've since dubbed the pataphysical quirk the "sutura" -- see "Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality".

Notes on Strange Fiction: The Pataphysical Quirk Hal Duncan 2008

Crystallography, his first book of poetry, is a kind of pataphysical encyclopedia about the “lucid writing” of mineralogy—and while this avant-garde work of literature has earned critical acclaim receiving a nomination for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for best poetic debut in 1995, Bök owes much of his international renown to the release of his second book, Eunoia.

Christian Bok greenintegerblog 2008

In trying to figure out just what the fuck these stories were doing and why, against all my understanding of how narrative worked, I found them so compelling, I came across the term "pataphysical".

Archive 2008-01-01 Hal Duncan 2008

In trying to figure out just what the fuck these stories were doing and why, against all my understanding of how narrative worked, I found them so compelling, I came across the term "pataphysical".

More on Narrative Hal Duncan 2008

I learned from this show that these are emblematic of the gidouille , the spiral that indicates the belly of Alfred Jarry's "pataphysical" monster, Ubu Roi.

When Joyous Attitude Becomes Form Paul Levy 2011

The Patamechanics Hall, a dark gallery of mechanical oddities designed to spark pataphysical thinking that seem teleported straight from the 19th century.

Pataphysics and Fictive Art Heather McDougal 2008

The Patamechanics Hall, a dark gallery of mechanical oddities designed to spark pataphysical thinking that seem teleported straight from the 19th century.

Archive 2008-02-01 Heather McDougal 2008