{"product_id":"visible-voices-nicolas-barker-9781847772121","title":"Visible Voices: Translating Verse Into Script \u0026 Print 3000 BC-AD 2000","description":"In \u003ci\u003eVisible Voices \u003c\/i\u003eNicolas Barker traces the history of the \"translation\" of poetry from a spoken medium to a written, or printed, medium. The book moves from the pictograms of the Ancient Near East through the development of alphabetic scripts, the traditions of Medieval European manuscripts, the shift from script to print, all the way to the innovations and experiments of the modernist period. Stéphane Mallarmé's typographically exploded poem\u003ci\u003e Un coup de dés n'abolira pas le hasard\u003c\/i\u003e, Barker writes, \"takes the problem that has haunted poets and their audiences over 4000 years to a logical conclusion: that is, how the evanescent iridescent idea in the poet's mind is to be registered in graphic form - what, in short, is the art of poetry?\" Illustrated throughout with photographs of the texts, this book provides a fascinating account of the history of this art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicolas Barker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847772129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847772121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carcanet Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017","brand":"Nicolas Barker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486196740351,"sku":"9781847772121","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a75d38a8-0545-4a19-877b-a4134c0baeb8.jpg?v=1778054294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/visible-voices-nicolas-barker-9781847772121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}