Disarchiving anguish: charles reznikoff and the modalities of witnessing
Auteur :
Partyka, Jacek
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631831755
Date de publication :
22 déc. 2021
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
414 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
The book examines the modalities of witnessing in the works of Charles Reznikoff, a Jewish American poet commonly associated with the so-called Objectivist group. It demontrates how the poet alters the contents of archival material to create his own, ‘unoriginal‘ verse called ‘recitative.’