Computing Language and Poetry

Critical Writing
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2012
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Montfort introduced a new critical term, stanzory, which refers to "a unit of lines in a poem that is also a narrative with some sort of point."

Presented at the 2012 MLA Convention as part of the "730. New Media Narratives and Old Prose Fiction" panel, arranged by the Division on Prose Fiction. Other panelists included Dene Grigar and Joseph Tabbi. The moderator, filling in for Amy Elias, was Heather M. Houser.

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stan’zor”y, n. [-ies, pl.] A unit of lines in a poem that is also a narrative with some sort of point.

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Nick Montfort, Dene Grigar, and Joseph Tabbi
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