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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Page 139
... becomes an attempt to create a union , a relationship with the reader , so long as the reader is willing to give ... become as a hundred thousand would seem to be a separation from one - self . Orgasm , the state of ecstasy / jouissance ...
... becomes an attempt to create a union , a relationship with the reader , so long as the reader is willing to give ... become as a hundred thousand would seem to be a separation from one - self . Orgasm , the state of ecstasy / jouissance ...
Page 201
... become interchangeably involved to the extent that the text's imagery becomes in a way part of our own imaginary . Orpheus's late textual reference to Eurydice as " U - turn " is furthermore whimsically suggestive perhaps of the fact ...
... become interchangeably involved to the extent that the text's imagery becomes in a way part of our own imaginary . Orpheus's late textual reference to Eurydice as " U - turn " is furthermore whimsically suggestive perhaps of the fact ...
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... becomes " You " ( becomes in a sense the reader ) and through the narrative emphasis upon interiority in which we move through var- ious " stations " closer and closer to the intimacy of death , Acker's text provocatively destabilizes ...
... becomes " You " ( becomes in a sense the reader ) and through the narrative emphasis upon interiority in which we move through var- ious " stations " closer and closer to the intimacy of death , Acker's text provocatively destabilizes ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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