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d.a. levy's " destructive writing" and the Instant of Communication, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-29886-31273

Scope and Contents

Swanberg (aka Markhardt) analyzes levy's poem, "Selected Writings" of 1967, "in which no images appear and in which the words and lines bleed with a superabundance of black mimeo ink ringed by a faint aura of oil...The poem's destructive writing is a putting to death of words. Its realm is without mastery, without time. It is the instant of a complete spending, in which words are sacrificed and the poem IS." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1998

Creator

Extent

1 item : 1 manuscript + stapled pages (laser printed) (8 pages) ; 28 x 22 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

artist folder

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ingrid Swanberg, 1998.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin. Nationality of creator: American.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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