Document Type
Poetry
Publication Date
7-29-2014
Abstract
Poetry by Jordan Abel. This poem is composed from 91 public domain Western novels that are freely available on Project Gutenberg. In total, the source text is over 10,000 pages long and is authored by 20 different writers. When all of the novels were searched simultaneously, there were 41 instances of the phrase "wild life." The resulting poem provides a contextual space where the language of a single word or phrase can be read.
Recommended Citation / Citation recommandée
Abel, Jordan.
"wild life."
The Goose, vol. 13
,
no.
1
, article 14,
2014,
https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegoose/vol13/iss1/14.
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