This interdisciplinary study examines the interrelations between the documentary poetics of "Objectivism" in the United States during the 1930s. Focusing on three volumes published by the Objectivist Press in 1934--Charles Reznikoff's Testimony, George Oppen's Discrete Series, and William Carlos William's Collected Poems, 1921-1931--the book examines both photographic and linguistic images, along with criticism, correspondence, transcripts of interviews and lectures, contemporary periodicals and other documentary sources from these years. Reznikoff, Oppen, and Williams each constructed textual objects that aspired to the condition of the photograph, and the successes as well as the failures of that aspiration are the subject of this book. Juxtaposing selected works by these three poets with the camera work of Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, and Alfred Stieglitz, Depression Glass also exposes some of the fundamental affinities between documentary photography and modern poetry as forms of expression. This study challenges some of the critical commonplaces of American modernism by demonstrating how these poets comprised an alternative "tradition" dedicated to a project of social realism that would later become the exclusive territory of prose.

This interdisciplinary study examines the interrelations between the documentary poetics of "Objectivism" in the United States during the 1930s. Focusing on three volumes published by the Objectivist Press in 1934--Charles Reznikoff's "Testimony," George Oppen's "Discrete Series," and William Carlos William's "Collected Poems, 1921-1931"--the book examines both photographic and linguistic images, along with criticism, correspondence, transcripts of interviews and lectures, contemporary periodicals and other documentary sources from these years. Reznikoff, Oppen, and Williams each constructed textual objects that aspired to the condition of the photograph, and the successes as well as the failures of that aspiration are the subject of this book. Juxtaposing selected works by these three poets with the camera work of Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, and Alfred Stieglitz, "Depression Glass "also exposes some of the fundamental affinities between documentary photography and modern poetry as forms of expression. This study challenges some of the critical commonplaces of American modernism by demonstrating how these poets comprised an alternative "tradition" dedicated to a project of social realism that would later become the exclusive territory of prose.

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Acting Now and Then

Actor at Work

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Lights Camera Action

Supporting Roles

Kids Ask, Actors Answer

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"Virtual Apprentice: Actor" introduces readers to fun career possibilities in movies and on stage.

A career guide to the wonderful world of oceanography.

Virtual Apprentice: Oceanographer introduces young readers to a fascinating career studying the oceans.

This useful new career guide takes readers behind the scenes with profiles of working professionals, "Reality Check" sidebars that help readers decide if this is the job for them, "A Day in the Life" activity list of a typical day on the job, and much more to help them understand what a career in oceanography would be like. This illustrated guide is the perfect starting point for young adults interested in becoming oceanographers.

Chapters include:

Diving in to Oceanography

Oceanographer at Work

Oceanography Tech and Trends

Oceanographer in Training

Other Fish in the Sea

Kids Ask, Oceanographers Answer

Oceanographer for a Day.

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Chapters include:

The Dawn of Animation

Animator at Work

Animation Tech and Trends

Serious Training for a Funny Business

Filling in the Background

Kids Ask, Animators Answer

Animator for a Day.