Lynd Ward: Gods' Man, Madman's Drum, Wild Pilgrimage (LOA #210) by Lynd Ward (En

Description: Lynd Ward: Gods' Man, Madman's Drum, Wild Pilgrimage (LOA #210) by Lynd Ward, Art Spiegelman Edited by Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MausA wordless novel in woodcuts from Lynd Ward, a pioneering artist/novelist who was "an unmistakable soul-companion to . . . Frank Capra and John Steinbeck, but also Fritz Lang and Franz Kafka" (Jonathan Lethem)From the Great Depression to WII, Americas first great graphic novelist bore witness to the roiling, dizzying national scene as both a master printmaker and a socially committed storyteller.In this, the first oftwo volumescollecting all his woodcut novels, The Library of America brings together Lynd Wards earliest books, published when the artist was still in his twenties. Gods Man (1929), the audaciously ambitious work that made Wards reputation, is a modern morality play, an allegory of the deadly bargain a striving young artist often makes with life. Madmans Drum (1930), a multigenerational saga worthy of Faulkner, traces the legacy of violence haunting a family whose stock in trade is human souls. Wild Pilgrimage (1932), perhaps the most accomplished of these early books, is a study in the brutalization of an American factory worker whose heart can still respond to beauty but whose mind is twisted in rage against the system and its shackles.The images reproduced in this volume are taken from prints pulled from the original woodblocks or first-generation electrotypes. Wards novels are presented, for the first time since the 1930s, in the format that the artist intended, one image per right-hand page, and are followed by five essays in which he discusses the technical challenges of his craft. Art Spiegelman contributes an introductory essay, "Reading Pictures," that defines Wards towering achievement in that most demanding of graphic-story forms. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Lynd Wardwas born in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of six novels in woodcuts and three picture books for children, and the illustrator of some two hundred other books.Storyteller Without Words, an autobiographical monograph on his work in wood engraving, was published in 1974. He died in 1985.Art Spiegelman, volume editor, is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoirMaus- A Survivors Tale andBreakdowns- Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!, among many other works. Details ISBN1598530801 Author Art Spiegelman Pages 812 Language English ISBN-10 1598530801 ISBN-13 9781598530803 Media Book Format Hardcover Audience Age 17-17 Short Title LIAM LYND WARD GODS MAN MADMAN DEWEY FIC Residence US Birth 1905 Death 1985 Illustrator Lynd Ward Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-10-14 Imprint The Library of America Subtitle Gods Man, Madmans Drum, Wild Pilgrimage (LOA #210) Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2010-10-14 UK Release Date 2010-10-14 Publisher The Library of America Series Library of America Lynd Ward Edition Edited by Art Spiegelman Series Number 1 Audience General NZ Release Date 2010-10-13 AU Release Date 2010-10-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137803111;

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