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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

Careless Talk Costs Lives / Fougasse aka Cyril Kenneth Bird / Taylor, James ; Fougasse., 2010

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Identifier: CC-59927-10002980
Scope and Contents

In his introduction James Taylor writes that "Fougasse was one of the most popular cartoonists and illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century...He is arguably the best-known and loved creator of British propaganda poster art...of World War II." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Carnation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12309-12534
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The print consists of a text from R.R. Palmer "Twelve Who Ruled" and relates the appearance of Saint-Just who when led to the guillotine wore a carnation in his buttonhole. The print and two red loose sheets are cut in two parts in the shape of the guillotine, to symbolize the execution, the red carnation, and his blood. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Carte de France; Le Monde Politique / di Sciullo, Pierre; Hirschhorn, Thomas., 1990

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Identifier: CC-16322-16672
Scope and Contents

On one side of this piece, Di Sciullo depicts a map of France turned upside down and substitutes aphorisms for place names. On the other side, Hirschhorn cancells part of a world map with abstract markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Chapter and Verse / Crombie, John., 2000

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Identifier: CC-40499-42471
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Each line of verse is printed in a varient typeface and either black or gray ink. The poem describes a series of bombings and the aftermath of each attack. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Chicago Review: Some Things Worth Considering before Beginning to Think about Poetry and Politics. No.2/Spr / Kieth W Tuma, editor ; Perloff M., 1984

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Identifier: CC-16922-17278
Scope and Contents

Violence and Precision: The Manifesto as Art Form an essay by Marjorie Perloff suggests that much of the noise and drama of Dadaism was in fact "prefigured" in the Futurists' manifestos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Christmas 1993 (After John Flaxman R.A.) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11066-11281
Scope and Contents

John Flaxman (175-1826) was a British-born Swedenborgian sculptor, painter, designer and illustrator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

CIA / Sine/ aka Sinet, Maurice., 1968

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Identifier: CC-39160-41104
Scope and Contents

Each page has a picture poem depicting the "evil" of the CIA particularly as to the Latin America as envisioned by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968