Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of 56 poems covering various subjects written in a range of voices and styles. Some influential elements include semiotics with aspects of structuralism, post-structuralism and deconstruction; consideration of the (various) Reals; textualities; Ludwig Wittgenstein's later thoughts on language; Roland Barthes' bifurcation of readerly and writerly texts, with writerly (le texte scriptible) taking the dominant role; surrealism; the work of other poets; the author's academic and familial background in literature, psychoanalysis, and linguistics; and some current conditions. Also presented are other simpler "songs," inauguratory or responsive in nature, parodies, and pieces derived from hypnopompic states.
