| Testimony: The United States 1885-1915: Recitative Contributor(s): Reznikoff, Charles (Author), Weinberger, Eliot (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1567925316 ISBN-13: 9781567925319 Publisher: Black Sparrow Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 811.52 |
| LCCN: 2014043105 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A milestone of modern poetry, American history comes to life in the actual words of victims and criminals in its courts. Taking as its raw material the voices of witnesses, victims, and perpetrators discovered by the author in criminal court transcripts, Charles Reznikoff's book-length poem sets forth a stark panorama of late 19th and early 20th century America--the underside of the Gilded Age, beset by racism and casual violence, poverty and disease. In radically stripped-down language of tremendous intensity, Reznikoff's poem is an unforgettable reading experience. This edition also includes Reznikoff's prose studies for the poem, unavailable to readers since the 1930s, and a new introduction by critic and essayist Eliot Weinberger. |