Illustrating the Machine That Makes the World - From J. G. Heck's 1851 Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science

Informationen zum Autor Joshua Poteat's first book, "Ornithologies," won the 2004 Anhinga Poetry Prize, and his chapbook, "Meditations," won the Poetry Society of America's 2004 National Chapbook Award. He has received awards from "American Literary Review," "Columbia: A Journal of Literature and the Arts," "Nebraska Review," and "River City." Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joshua Poteat
• Con la collaborazione di: Ted Genoways (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9780820334141
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3414-1
• Pagine: 88
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 216 mm x 6 mm
• Serie: VQR Poetry; The VQR Poetry; VQR Poetry Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Amerika, Poetry, POETRY / American / General