The Case of the Persevering Maltese

This volume contains all of Harry Mathew´s nonfiction. These astonishing essays cover a wide range of literary topics, including discussions of complex musical forms and Oulipian techniques, to insightful commentaries on the works of Lewis Carroll, Raymond Roussel, Italo Calvino, Joseph McElroy, and Georges Perec. Throughout the collection Mathews examines the relationship between form and literature in a lucid, intiemate voice, arguing with intelligence, grace, and humor for the importance of artifice.