Oulipo

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The Oulipo group started in France in 1960 as a group of writers and mathematicians who wanted to use literary constraints to generate new ideas in literature. They focus on creating specific and often rigorous approaches to writing and presenting them to the public. Although, the individual members have created many of their own texts, they are more concerned with sharing their inventive approaches with everyone. The group is still functioning today, which makes it one of the enduring literary movements in recent history. The essay, Minus the Bull or How A Little French Sewing Circle Dodges the Minotaur on this website discusses the theoretical collaboration between mathematics and language that serves as the foundation for the Oulipo group's work.

A fuller explanation of Oulipo can be found at Wikipedia's Oulipo Article

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