Toward a General Theory of the Constraint

by Bernardo Schiavetta

This text proposes a series of definitions, the aim of which is to better circumscribe what is, and what is not, meant by writing under constraint. I shall do so by using exclusively logical and objective criteria. Of course, this does not mean that aesthetic or ideological problems are of no concern here, on the contrary, but it wouldn't be serious to tackle these very complex questions as long as there exists no precise definition of constraints.

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