erasure

OAB Definition

the act of removing some content, often writing, recorded material, or data.

As an artistic strategy, erasure is the reduction of a text by incision, crossing-out, or erasing some or most of the original text. The new text, referred to as an erasure, is sometimes a commentary on the original text, but may be thematically unrelated.

Linked Terms

SYN erasure poem
BT found text
RT cento
RT extracted text
RT found poem
RT fragment
RT poetry
aat erasing
lcsh Erasure poetry
lcgft Erasure poetry
AC blackout poetry
AC erasure poetry

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