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...

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Published in:	Criticism Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 49 - 74
Main Author:	Parks, Justin
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Wayne State University Press Winter2017
Subjects:	Testimony (Book) Reznikoff, Charles, 1894-1976 Trial transcripts Law reports, digests, etc. Grotesque (Book : Wears) Grotesque Documentation
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