A Big Jewish Book: Poems & Other Visions of the Jews from Tribal Times to Present / Rothenberg, Jerome, editor ; MacLow J ; Ginsberg A ; Schwerner A ; Hirschman J ; Tarn N ; Tzara T ; Meltzer D ; Corman C ; Berge C ; Antin D ; Celan P ; Benveniste A ; Zukofsky L ; Stein G ; Rothenberg E ; Kostelanetz R ; Isou I ; Abulafia A ; Berman W ; Morrow C ; Drachler R ; Shaw K ; Kaprow A ; Corner P., 1978
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Scope and Contents
In his introduction, Rothenberg describes his preliminary work organizing this book and visualized it as "an image in this instance of some supreme yiddish surrealistic vaudevillle" he could set into motion. Rothenberg adds a commentary section to each of the poems and provides a section on its source. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1978
Creator
- Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- (Person)
- Mac Low, Jackson, 1922-2004 (Person)
- Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (633 pages) in dust jacket) ; 21.5 x 14.8 x 5.6 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
box shelf
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: New York : Doubleday Anchor. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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