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33 relations: A Void, Abbreviation, BBC Radio 4, Circumlocution, Constrained writing, Dave Lister, David Crystal, Douglas Hofstadter, Endymion (poem), Ernest Vincent Wright, Georges Perec, Hardcover, Internet Archive, John Keats, Le Ton beau de Marot, Lipogram, Novel, Oulipo, Past tense, Postscript, Prohibition, Project Gutenberg, Protagonist, Red Dwarf, Self-publishing, Tampa, Florida, The Washington Post, Vanity press, Warren G. Harding, William Congreve, Word Ways, World War I, 1939 in literature.
A Void
A Void, translated from the original French La Disparition (literally, "The Disappearance"), is a 300-page French lipogrammatic novel, written in 1969 by Georges Perec, entirely without using the letter e (except for the author's name), following Oulipo constraints.
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Abbreviation
An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase.
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BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.
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Circumlocution
Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning or ambage), is locution that circles around a specific idea with multiple words rather than directly evoking it with fewer and apter words.
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Constrained writing
Constrained writing is a literary technique in which the writer is bound by some condition that forbids certain things or imposes a pattern.
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Dave Lister
David "Dave" Lister, commonly referred to simply as Lister, is a fictional character from the British science fiction situation comedy Red Dwarf, portrayed by Craig Charles.
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David Crystal
David Crystal, (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist, academic and author.
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Douglas Hofstadter
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.
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Endymion (poem)
Endymion is a poem by John Keats first published in 1818.
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Ernest Vincent Wright
Ernest Vincent Wright (1872October 7, 1939) was an American author known for his book Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel which, except for the introduction and a note at the end, did not use the letter "e".
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Georges Perec
Georges Perec (7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist.
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Hardcover
A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.
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John Keats
John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet.
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Le Ton beau de Marot
Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language is a 1997 book by Douglas Hofstadter in which he explores the meaning, strengths, failings, and beauty of translation.
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Lipogram
A lipogram (from λειπογράμματος, leipográmmatos, "leaving out a letter") is a kind of constrained writing or word game consisting of writing paragraphs or longer works in which a particular letter or group of letters is avoided—usually a common vowel, and frequently E, the most common letter in the English language.
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Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.
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Oulipo
Oulipo (short for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle; roughly translated: "workshop of potential literature") is a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works using constrained writing techniques.
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Past tense
The past tense (abbreviated) is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to place an action or situation in past time.
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Postscript
A postscript (P.S.) is an afterthought, thought of occurring after the letter has been written and signed.
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Prohibition
Prohibition is the illegality of the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottles, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol including alcoholic beverages, or a period of time during which such illegality was enforced.
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Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks".
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Protagonist
A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).
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Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following.
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Self-publishing
Self-publishing is the publication of any book, album, or other media by its author without the involvement of an established publisher.
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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Vanity press
A vanity press, vanity publisher, or subsidy publisher is a publishing house in which authors pay to have their books published.
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Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician who served as the 29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923.
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William Congreve
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period.
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Word Ways
Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics is a quarterly magazine on recreational linguistics and logology.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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1939 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1939.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)
