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The perfect archive / Paul Lisson.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.4.L5777 A6 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lisson, Paul, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Essential poets ; 261.
- Essential poets series ; 261
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canadian poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 98 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Archive
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica editions, 2019.
- Summary:
- "At the core of the dry and purposeful language of Library Science and the Rules of Archival Practice is an Orwellian impulse that serves as a lens through which to consider what Hannah Arendt famously called "the banality of evil." The Perfect Archive is a story in verse about an archivist who moves beyond his role as protector and cataloguer of others' work and begins to question the very nature of a "pure and accurate" archive. The role of a government Archivist is to organize and catalogue books, statutes, and memoranda. What happens when these documents are weaponized?" -- provided by the publisher.
- Notes:
- The word "perfect" is crossed out on the title page and cover.
- Poems.
- ISBN:
- 9781771833721
- 1771833726
- OCLC:
- 1080519771
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