Simulated Letters to Mallarme / Cooper, Bernard ; Mallarme S., 1973
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Scope and Contents
Cooper prints a brief paragraph in the center of a page about notions dealing with the alphabet, words, punctuations, and phonemes on the center of the left side of the page in a calligraphic typeface. For example, "Words led back to their origins, which is the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, so gifted with infinity that they will finally consecrate language. Everything is caught up in their endless variations and then rises out of them in the form of principle. Thus typography becomes a rite." This same paragraph is printed on the facing right side page but in a bolder typeface and with irregular spacing between the lines of the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1973
Creator
- Cooper, Bernard, 1951- (Person)
- Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (spiral spine) (20 pages) in cover (acetate)) ; 28 x 21.9 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: X?, United States : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Bernard Cooper '73 (l.l.- back cover). Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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