Meta on Meta
As an exercise of meta on meta, The Decadent Review is looking for:
- Criticism of criticism essays (cultural, literary).
- Reviews of reviews (books, poetry, art).
- Poetry on poetry (classical, modern).
- Essays on essays (aesthetics, linguistics, semiotics).
To clarify, the submission call is for works based on existing works, or that lays on top of them as a literary superimposition.
Please explicitly name the underlying work.
Extra points for meta of meta of meta; that is, pieces that overlay (a conceptual meta) a work that is already a meta-work, or an ekphrasis of some sort, and so on.
As always, we value:
- Erudition
- Cynicism.
- Sarcasm.
- Classicism.
- Brutality.
- Humor.
- Existential despair.
Guidelines:
- No query letters, just the text or a draft.
- Do not include cover letters or forward material in the submission.
- Do not include biographical information in the submission.
- Word (.docx) only.
- Use a 12pt font.
- Single spaced.