MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.

Land of the free / Archibald MacLeish.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company [©1938]

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

"'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

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

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

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 4608
Cote: PO13352; ID:87-B12173
Statut: Disponible