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Illustrating the Machine That Makes the World: From J. G. Heck's 1851 Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science (The VQR Poetry Ser.)
Joshua Poteat
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Description for Illustrating the Machine That Makes the World: From J. G. Heck's 1851 Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science (The VQR Poetry Ser.)
Paperback. Contains poems with titles such as "Illustrating the Theory of Interference" and "Illustrating the Construction of Railroads". This book also features nineteenth-century engravings depicting phenomena from geology to astronomy to mechanics. Series: VQR Poetry Series. Num Pages: 88 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
In this book-length series, poems with titles such as ""Illustrating the Theory of Interference"" and ""Illustrating the Construction of Railroads"" are paired with nineteenth-century engravings depicting phenomena from geology to astronomy to mechanics. Yet the poems relate to the images in an oblique rather than a direct way. Poteat uses this framework to construct a mysterious and engaging book that inhabits many worlds at once, bridging the real and the imagined, the traditional and the experimental, the surreal and the ordinary. As each diagram and scene gives rise to a poem that intertwines the life of German artist and printer ... Read more
In this book-length series, poems with titles such as ""Illustrating the Theory of Interference"" and ""Illustrating the Construction of Railroads"" are paired with nineteenth-century engravings depicting phenomena from geology to astronomy to mechanics. Yet the poems relate to the images in an oblique rather than a direct way. Poteat uses this framework to construct a mysterious and engaging book that inhabits many worlds at once, bridging the real and the imagined, the traditional and the experimental, the surreal and the ordinary. As each diagram and scene gives rise to a poem that intertwines the life of German artist and printer ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
VQR Poetry Series
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820334141
SKU
V9780820334141
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