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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Michael Hardin. Acker's Appropriation of Myth Kathy Acker uses a similar kind of appropriation to focus on texts in the literary canon which contain the myths that shape and enforce ideology . Her elision of myth and literature ...
Michael Hardin. Acker's Appropriation of Myth Kathy Acker uses a similar kind of appropriation to focus on texts in the literary canon which contain the myths that shape and enforce ideology . Her elision of myth and literature ...
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... myth . But the end of myth is the end of language since " language is communal and here is no community " ( DQ 194–95 ) . The subject who remains at the conclusion of Acker's novel is a mute , alienated being who is unable to ...
... myth . But the end of myth is the end of language since " language is communal and here is no community " ( DQ 194–95 ) . The subject who remains at the conclusion of Acker's novel is a mute , alienated being who is unable to ...
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... myth , or for recognizing contradictions in canons , to those who use modified or contradictory texts to support an ideology which has already been revised . Thus , left - wing texts only achieve the status of myth when they are adopted ...
... myth , or for recognizing contradictions in canons , to those who use modified or contradictory texts to support an ideology which has already been revised . Thus , left - wing texts only achieve the status of myth when they are adopted ...
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The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
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