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 ...
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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.
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Add this copy of Testimony: The United States 1885-1915: Recitative to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Bedrock Books & Art rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Helena, MT, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Very good. Light wear around edges. No marks of any kind in the book. Trade paperback (US). 280 p. Testimony, 1. Audience: General/trade. 1st trade paperback edition. (Alibris shows cover of later printing. ) Testimony is a 2 volume set. This is Volume 1 only.
Add this copy of Testimony: the United States, 1885-1915 (Volume I) to cart. $56.69, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Black Sparrow Press.
Add this copy of Testimony: Volume 1 and 2 the United States (1885-1915) to cart. $155.00, very good condition, Sold by Daedalus Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Very Good+ 0876853211. Two volume set. Interiors of both volumes are clean, and bindings are tight. Light foxing to page edges. Browning to spines.; 8vo.