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Reading the Illegible (Avant-Garde & Modernism Studies)
$29.95
A poet takes another's text, excises this, prints over that, cancels, erases, rearranges, defaces--and generally renders the original unreadable, at least in its original terms. What twentieth-century writers and artists have meant by such appropriations and violations, and how the "illegible" results are to be read, is the subject Craig Dworkin takes up in this ambitious work. Reading the Illegible explores such formal and structural manipulations in a wide range of exemplary cases: John Cege, Jackson MacLow, Ken Campbell, Marcel Broodthaers, Susan Howe, Charles Bernstain, Stan Brekhage, Rosmarie Waldrop, Robert Smithson, Steve McCaffery, Christopher Dewdney, Ronald Johnson and Tom Phillips. Dworkin's method seeks to unveil what he describes as "the politics of the poem"--what is signified by its form, enacted by its structures, and implicit in the philosophy of language, how it positions its reader; and other questions relating to the poem as material object.

Map of the Peninsula of Virginia : showing route of McClellan's Army toward Richmond illegible. (Civil War Map Reprint: 36" x 33")
$16.50
High quality reproduction of a historic map from the Civil War Map Collection from the Library of Congress. (most 1860s-1890s). Collection contains nearly 1,700 maps from the digital collections. Some are just from the era of the Civil War, while most are battlefield maps made during or soon after the end of the war. We currently list only those maps that are in the public domain. These maps vary significantly in image density, size, wear, visual appeal, and quality. We are in the process of digitally "cleaning up" these maps to try to restore them to the extent possible. This is a very time consuming process and some types of damage cannot be repaired. We are also producing these maps as orders or inquiries are made about them individually (also keep in mind that some people want to receive prints of the maps as is--i.e. without removal of wear, aging, library stamps, and damage). These are High Quality Prints offered by AntiqueReprints.

Newswire Photo (L): Portrait bust, name illegible
$57.00
This is a museum-quality, reproduction print on premium, acid-free, semi gloss paper with archival/UV resistant inks.Date: n/aTopics: HISTORY OF THE OLD AMERICANA PHOTOSThis image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection which represents one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life in New York City. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s. (Library of Congress)

Newswire Photo (L): Portrait bust, name illegible

This is a museum-quality, reproduction print on premium, acid-free, semi gloss paper with archival/UV resistant inks.The print is framed with a single ivory matte under acrylic glass, and shipped insured, ready to hang and enjoy.Date: n/aTopics: HISTORY OF THE OLD AMERICANA PHOTOSThis image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection which represents one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life in New York City. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s. (Library of Congress)