Locus Solus (journal)
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Locus Solus was a journal of experimental poetry and prose that published five issues in 1961 and 1962. Locus Solus was edited by the novelist Harry Mathews
and poets John Ashbery
, Kenneth Koch
, and Jimmy Schuyler, all of whom contributed content. The journal was named after the novel Locus Solus
by Raymond Roussel
.
Harry Mathews
Harry Mathews is an American author of various novels, volumes of poetry and short fiction, and essays.-Life:Born in New York City to an upper class family, Mathews was educated at private schools there and at the Groton School in Massachusetts before enrolling at Princeton University in 1947...
and poets John Ashbery
John Ashbery
John Lawrence Ashbery is an American poet. He has published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. But Ashbery's work still proves controversial...
, Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77...
, and Jimmy Schuyler, all of whom contributed content. The journal was named after the novel Locus Solus
Locus Solus
Locus Solus is a 1914 French novel by Raymond Roussel.-Plot summary:John Ashbery summarizes Locus Solus thus in his introduction to Michel Foucault's Death and the Labyrinth: "A prominent scientist and inventor, Martial Canterel, has invited a group of colleagues to visit the park of his country...
by Raymond Roussel
Raymond Roussel
Raymond Roussel was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau...
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