A literary group founded in 1960 by leading French writers and mathematicians, the Oulipo's original aim was to inquire into the possibilities of combining literature and mathematics, and later expanded to include all writing using self-imposed restrictive systems. Contributors include Queneau, Calvino, Fournel, Mathews, etc. Reproduces booklets no. 3, 20, 46, 62, 67, and 70, in English facsimile, of the series Bibliothèque oulipienne, published between 1976 and 1995. Contents

• Introduction
• The Two Manifestos / François Le Lionnais
• The Foundations of Literature (after David Hilbert) / Raymond Queneau
• How I Wrote One of My Books / Italo Calvino
• Suburbia / Paul Fournel
• The Great-Ape Love-Song / Jacques Jouet
• Who Killed the Duke of Densmore? / Claude Berge
• The Poet's Eye / Harry Mathews