Land of the free / Archibald MacLeish.

Main entry:

MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.

Title & Author:

Land of the free / Archibald MacLeish.

Publication:

Description:

1 preliminary leaf, 83 leaves, 1 leaf, 89-93 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes 88 illustrations, printed on rectos of numbered leaves 2-88 and on leaf facing numbered leaf 88.
"A book of photographs illustrated by a poem."

Summary:

"'Land of the Free' is the opposite of a book of poems illustrated by photographs. It is a book of photographs illustrated by a poem. The photographs, most of which were taken for the Resettlement Administration existed before the poem was written. The book is the result of an attempt to give these photographs an accompaniment of words. In so far as the form of the book is unusual, it is a form imposed by the difficulties of that attempt. The original purpose had been to write some sort of text to which these photographs might serve as commentary. But so great was the power and the stubborn inward livingness of these vivid American documents that the result was a reversal of that plan. The poem was written in July and August, 1937, at Conway, Massachusetts"--A. Mac L., back jacket flap

Subject:

Social conditions
United States Social conditions Pictorial works.
United States Social conditions 1933-1945.
États-Unis Conditions sociales 1933-1945.
United States

Form/genre:

Poetry
poetry.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Books.
Poems 20th century.
Poésie.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 4608
Call No.: PO13352; ID:87-B12173
Status: Available

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