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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Very Good. Susan Bee (illustratore). Bed Hangings This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Very Good. Susan Bee (illustratore). Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
7 x 10 in., 48 pp., perfect bound in wrappers. "I am an insomniac who goes to bed in a closet. 'AWAKE, a., not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action.' 'AWAKENING, n. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion than usual.' Although these are Noah Webster's definitions, out of his writing speaks Calvin. For Calvin, the Bible contains two kinds of knowledgeecstatic union and law. In An American Dictionary of the English Language a curtain is a cloth hanging used in theatres to conceal the stage from the spectators, while an itinerant is someone who travels from place to place and is unsettled; particularly a preacher.When Europe enters the space of its margin, the 'Kingdom of God in America' receives European memory into itself. In thin places bedsteads confront their own edges.Field beds have canopies at the top resembling tents. One Sunday afternoon in the gift shop at Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum.my attention came to rest on a pedestrian gray paperback. Bed-Hangings: A Treatise on Fabrics and Styles in the Curtaining of Beds, 16501850, with its drab cover illustration.struck me as vividly a propos. I wondered who tipped over the vase of flowers to the left of the bed in the painted East Chamber? Did the spilled flowers suggest a stray sense of comedy or inspired simplicity?" Susan Howe, epilogue to Bed Hangings In Bed Hangings, poet Susan Howe and artist Susan Bee collaborate for the first time. This series of poems explores the themes of colonial America and its decorative arts, religion, and Puritanism, through a visual and verbal investigation of the metaphysics of beds, curtains and hangings. The poems and pictures play off against each other in a humorous, mystical, and sometimes mischievous manner. Printed offset, this is from an edition of 1500 copies in wrappers, of which 26 are signed by the poet and artist. Regular edition, signed by poet and artist, as new.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Granary Books, New York, 2001
Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Susan Bee (Pictures) (illustratore). Page Number: N/A. Nearly flawless copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.