CHARLES REZNIKOFF'S 1934 TESTIMONY AND THE IDIOM OF AMERICAN VIOLENCE.
The article focuses on "Testimony," Charles Reznikoff's 1934 collage of excerpts from nineteenth-century trial transcripts. Topics discussed include examples of the text's documentation of past grotesqueries, instances of violence set the tone for the entire volume and condition the reader's expecta...
| Publicado en: | Criticism Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 49 - 74 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Wayne State University Press
Winter2017
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on "Testimony," Charles Reznikoff's 1934 collage of excerpts from nineteenth-century trial transcripts. Topics discussed include examples of the text's documentation of past grotesqueries, instances of violence set the tone for the entire volume and condition the reader's expectations and the importance of reading the text within the aesthetic and cultural context of the period's documentary work. |
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