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Abbott, Edwin B., 1881 or 1882-1956

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: [1881,1882]-1956- - 1956

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Artists Books in the Ginsberg Collection / Abbott E ; Stein G ; Barton CJ ; Campbell K ; Charriere G ; King R ; Fisher R ; d'Arbeloff N ; Drucker J ; Hutchins A ; Ely T ; Weier D ; Rothenberg J ; Neruda P ; O'Banion N ; Chen J ; Scobey P ; Spector B ; Helfgott G ; Kelm D ; Crombie J ; Queneau R ; Kyle H ; McCarney S ; King S ; Osborn K ; Olson T ; Hamady W ; Poehlmann JA ; Schwartzott C ; Share S ; Silverberg RA ; Tetenbaum B ; Smith K ; Walker A ; Wolf A ; Boshoff W., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-30529-31957
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was curated by Jack M. Ginsberg and David M. Paton and was divided into two sections: International Artists' Books and Book-Objects and South African Artists' Books and Book-Objects. Ginsberg contributed a personal essay on collecting artists' books and the nature of the book. A bibliography, complete index and a list of exhibitions are included. The catalogue consists of an annotated listing of books and book objects without illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Postmodernist Fiction / McHale, Brian ; Abbott E ; Abish W ; Barth J ; Barthelme D ; Barthes R ; Beckett S ; Burroughs WS ; Butor M ; Davenport G ; Federman R ; Gass W ; Higgins D ; Hofstadter D ; Joyce J ; Mallarme S ; Mathews H ; Patchen K ; Perloff M ; Stein G ; Sukenick R ; Katz S ; Pynchon T ; Brooke-Rose C., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-33108-34733
Scope and Contents

The author "constructs the repertory of motifs and devices, and the system of relations and differences, shared by a particular class of texts" in postmodern fiction. This is an excellent reference source for examples of postmodernist fiction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989