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For Prizewinners 3
Notes on the Threshold of a Book 21
The Monkey at the Wheel 27
Fearful Symmetries 55
Translation and the Oulipo: The Case of the Persevering Maltese 67
In Quest of the Oulipo 85
The Pursuit of the Whole 91
La Camera Ardente 97
Queen Story 103
Roussel and Venice: Outline of a Melancholic Geography (with Georges Perec) 123
The Bad Dreams of Carolus Ludovicus Dodgson 147
Les Merveilleux Nuages 151
We for One: An Introduction to Joseph McElroy's Women and Men 175
Sex Real and Imaginary 213
Isidore Ducasse 223
A Valentine for Elena 239
Charity Begins at Home 255
Georges Perec 269
Vanishing Point 279
"That Ephemeral Thing" 285
Appendix Practical Illustrations.
Notes on the Threshold of a Book 21
The Monkey at the Wheel 27
Fearful Symmetries 55
Translation and the Oulipo: The Case of the Persevering Maltese 67
In Quest of the Oulipo 85
The Pursuit of the Whole 91
La Camera Ardente 97
Queen Story 103
Roussel and Venice: Outline of a Melancholic Geography (with Georges Perec) 123
The Bad Dreams of Carolus Ludovicus Dodgson 147
Les Merveilleux Nuages 151
We for One: An Introduction to Joseph McElroy's Women and Men 175
Sex Real and Imaginary 213
Isidore Ducasse 223
A Valentine for Elena 239
Charity Begins at Home 255
Georges Perec 269
Vanishing Point 279
"That Ephemeral Thing" 285
Appendix Practical Illustrations.