Julio Campal Experimental Poetry Collection

The Julio Campal Experimental Poetry Collection (University of Canterbury) is a joint project between Dr Laura López Fernández of the University’s Spanish Department and the Library.  This project continues the collection of the same name at Georgetown College, Kentucky which Dr López Fernández established there in collaboration with the College Library.

• The collection focuses on Hispanic materials and their different languages such as Spanish, Catalan, Gallego, etc.
• It includes publications in various formats of experimental poetry, including, inter alia, visual poetry, phonetic poetry and action or performance poetry.
• The items are collected for their typography, illustrations and book production techniques as much as for their content. Most of the items are issued in very small editions.

The items can be browsed by by visiting the Spanish subject guide, or by searching the catalogue using Campal as a keyword search term.

Access

• Members of the Library can make an online request via the Library Catalogue and the item(s) will be retrieved within 2 working days.
• Visitors wishing to use items should contact Bronwyn Matthews, Liaison Librarian (Special Collections), by email.
• Requested items from Special Collections will be made be available for consultation in the Macmillan Brown Library.