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Pre-Mallarme work

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 238 Collections and/or Records:

[0 & Adult Learning] / Lax, Robert; Merton, Thomas., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-30790-32236
Scope and Contents

These images were printed in Monks Pond. Stored in Lax box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

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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Identifier: CC-31526-33019
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: 1978

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

 Item
Identifier: CC-31534-33027
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: 1978

A Grammar of Metaphor, 1958

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Identifier: CC-31625-33125
Scope and Contents

The author analyzes metaphors used by poets from the renaissance to Dylan Thomas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

A History of Reading / Manguel, Alberto ; Serafini JL., 1996

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Identifier: CC-28387-29585
Scope and Contents

The author recounts the 6000 year old history of reading in an approachable and illuminiating style that is easily understood, tracing "the reader's progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to CD-Rom." A timeline of reading history is printed on the verso of the dust jacket. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

A Human Document / Mallock, William Hurrell., 2003

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Identifier: CC-41335-43318
Scope and Contents

This book is an unabridged replica edition published by Cassell Publishing Co., New York, in 1892. The British version was the basis of "A Humument," a reworked artist book by Tom Phillips. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

A Literary Bible - An Original Translation / Rosenberg, David., 2009

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Identifier: CC-50596-71669
Scope and Contents Whether rendering the Bible as wonderous or strangely familiar, David Rosenberg's magisterial translation forces us to ask again - and at last in literary terms - why the Bible remains a crucial foundation of our culture...[His] translation is the only possible rival to the King James Version. A Literary Bible presents the core of the Hebrew Bible, restoring a sense of the original authors and providing a literary revelation for the contemporary reader. A copy of the New York Times Book Review of "A Literary Bible" is inserted in the book.Amos Lassen (Amazon.com) When asked if I have a favorite book, I often reply that I have several but above them all is the Bible because it is such a beautiful piece of literature. It is all that more exciting because we do not know who wrote it. Regardless how one feels about the divine aspects of the Bible, few can deny its literary beauty. Of the many translations available some are beautifully done and some are very literary. Then along comes...
Dates: 2009

A Little History of the Horn-book / Folmsbee, Beulah., 1972

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Identifier: CC-11136-11351
Scope and Contents

The Horn-Book was the earliest lesson-book made for children to use themselves. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Adding the Personal to the Purely Sacred / Rothstein, Edward., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51187-72275
Scope and Contents

This is a a review of the Judaica collection of the Swiss collector Rene Brafinsky at Yeshiva University Museum. It is titled "A Journey Through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Aesthetics of Calligraphy, The / Johns J ; Nauman B., 1977

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Identifier: CC-26329-26796
Scope and Contents

Calligraphic examples from the West are included as well as examples from the Eastern religious world. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Allegorie di Paracelso / Caruso, Luciano, editor., 1971

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Identifier: CC-17222-17580
Scope and Contents

This book consists of reproductions of woodcuts illustrating the fable along with a critical text by Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Allegorie di Paracelso / Caruso, Luciano, editor., 1971

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Identifier: CC-31406-32894
Scope and Contents

This book consists of reproductions of woodcuts illustrating the fable along with a critical text by Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971