Charles Reznikoff
American objectivist poet whose Testimony and Holocaust use found language from legal transcripts to create documentary poetry about violence in American history. His verse is among the most morally serious of the twentieth century.
Works
- RhythmsEarly poems marked by sharp rhythm and precise diction
- By the Waters of ManhattanObjectivist poetry set in Jewish immigrant Manhattan
- TestimonyDocumentary poem constructed from court testimony and legal records
- HolocaustSparse poem about the Jewish Holocaust built from historical documents
- Collected PoemsComprehensive selection of Reznikoff's documentary-based verse