US: Z Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. First published in 1977, Selected Declarations of Dependence has, like all the books by Harry Mathews, grown in reputation over the years of its unavailability. Sun and Moon Press now returns this remarkable text to print with a new introduction and the original Alex Katz illustrations. Selected Declarations of Dependence is based on a set of forty-six familiar proverbs, used and abused in various ways. The proverbs provide the entire vocabulary of the opening story, "Their Words, For You". In the section called "Perverbs and Paraphrases", Mathews explores the narrative implications of the crossed proverb or "perverb", in which two regular proverbs are mixed ("A rolling stone leads to Rome".). The remaining uses of proverbs and perverbs and the "Sorites" - which bows to Lewis Carroll's demonstration of the form - all produce an hilarious text of familiar quotations gone amuck and reveal Mathews' involvement with the Oulipo.

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Bookseller: Infinity Books Japan (JP)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000051838
Title: Selected Declarations of Dependence (No Cover)
Author: Mathews, Harry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Z Press
Place of Publication: US
Date Published: 1977

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