The perfect archive /
"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 arc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) :
Guernica editions,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Essential poets ;
261. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | The word "perfect" is crossed out on the title page and cover. Poems. |
| Physical Description: | 98 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781771833721 1771833726 |