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Alphabetical and Letter Poems: A Chrestomathy, 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-38132-40025

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Scope and Contents

A chrestomathy is a collection of choice poems written especially to teach a language. The book begins with biblical texts and continues with runic poems, Latin poems, Middle English poems, Russian, Greek and childrens' poetry. Edwin Morgan contributed the forward. This book was exhibited in Visualog 2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (102 pages)) ; 22.8 x 15.3 x 1.1 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alpha shelf

Custodial History

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

General

Published: London, England : The Menard Press. Nationality of creator: British. General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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