1st Edition

Depression Glass Documentary Photography and the Medium of the Camera-Eye in Charles Reznikoff, George Oppen, and William Carlos Williams

By Monique Vescia Copyright 2006
174 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This interdisciplinary study examines the interrelations between the documentary poetics of "Objectivism" in the United States during the 1930s. Focusing on three volumes published by the Objectivist Press in 1934--Charles Reznikoff's Testimony , George Oppen's Discrete Series , and William Carlos William's Collected Poems, 1921-1931 --the book examines both photographic and linguistic... Read more
Acknowledgments Preface List of Figures Introduction Chapter 1: The Poem in a Climate of Fact Chapter 2: Documentary Matters: Charles Reznikoff's 1934 Testimony Chapter 3: The Lyrical Apertures of George Oppen's Discrete Series Chapter 4: Machines for Seeing: William Carlos Williams's Collected Poems 1921-1931 Bibliography Index

Biography

Monique Claire Vescia