Devouring InstitutionsMichael Hardin Essays by 13 authors, including Robert Mazzola, Carol Siegel, and Svetlana Mintcheva. Sections include "Writing between Madness and Paralysis," "Building the Body of Desires," "Attacking Language" and "Post-Plagiarism." With an introduction by the editor and a primary and secondary bibliography of Acker's work. . |
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... James Joyce , and Marianne Moore are creative and revolutionary . Carla Harryman , in " Residues or Revolutions of the Language of Acker and Artaud , " shows us how Acker moves beyond the aforemen- tioned Modernists by merging writing ...
... James Joyce , and Marianne Moore are creative and revolutionary . Carla Harryman , in " Residues or Revolutions of the Language of Acker and Artaud , " shows us how Acker moves beyond the aforemen- tioned Modernists by merging writing ...
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... James Baldwin's novel . " On the " map " are levels of descent , not lateral directions but hierarchical ones . On the top are " colors like I've never seen / deepest , darkest reds / no black . " On the next level is " a prison because ...
... James Baldwin's novel . " On the " map " are levels of descent , not lateral directions but hierarchical ones . On the top are " colors like I've never seen / deepest , darkest reds / no black . " On the next level is " a prison because ...
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... James Dean , giving her yet another identity to morph . Acker writes that in " Rebel Without a Cause Jimmy Dean plays himself " ( 252 ) ; this resembles Acker's characters , including James Dean , who so frequently seem to " play her . " ...
... James Dean , giving her yet another identity to morph . Acker writes that in " Rebel Without a Cause Jimmy Dean plays himself " ( 252 ) ; this resembles Acker's characters , including James Dean , who so frequently seem to " play her . " ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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