Death in American Texts and Performances: Corpses, Ghosts, and the Reanimated De

Description: Death in American Texts and Performances by Mark Pizzato, Lisa K. Perdigao Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description How do twentieth and twenty-first century artists bring forth the powerful reality of death when it exists in memory and lived experience as something that happens only to others? This volume shows both artist and critic grappling with the dilemma of showing how the aesthetics of death as absence is made meaningful in and by language. Publisher Description How do twentieth and twenty-first century artists bring forth the powerful reality of death when it exists in memory and lived experience as something that happens only to others? Death in American Texts and Performances takes up this question to explore the modern and postmodern aesthetics of death. Working between and across genres, the contributors examine literary texts and performance media, including Robert Lowells For the Union Dead, Luis Valdez Dark Root of a Scream, Amiri Barakas Dutchman, Thornton Wilders Our Town, John Edgar Widemans The Cattle Killing, Toni Morrisons Sula and Song of Solomon, Don DeLillos White Noise and Falling Man, and HBOs Six Feet Under. As the contributors struggle to convey the artists crisis of representation, they often locate the dilemma in the gap between artifice and nature, where loss is performed and where re-membering is sometimes literally reenacted through the bodily gesture. While artists confront the impossibility of total recovery or transformation, so must the contributors explore the gulf between real corpses and their literary or performative reconstructions. Ultimately, the volume shows both artist and critic grappling with the dilemma of showing how the aesthetics of death as absence is made meaningful in and by language. Author Biography Lisa Perdigao is Associate Professor of English at the Florida Institute of Technology and Mark Pizzato is Professor of Theatre and Film at UNC-Charlotte, and Mark Pizzato is associate professor of Theatre and Film in the Department of Dance and Theatre at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA. Lisa K. Perdigao, Mark Pizzato, Jorge A. Huerta, Jon D. Rossini, Alasdair Spark, Elizabeth Stuart, Anne Fletcher, Belinda Kong, Ian W. Wilson, William S. Waddell, Kathryn Nicol, Andrew J. Price. Details ISBN 0754669076 ISBN-13 9780754669074 Title Death in American Texts and Performances Author Mark Pizzato, Lisa K. Perdigao Format Hardcover Year 2010 Pages 228 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:98864020; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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