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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... stops being a foolish woman querulously and resentfully in love with a man , with all the cultural and social baggage that posi- tion entails , and begins to be like St Simeon at his least rational , a mad ascetic and saint , living ...
... stops being a foolish woman querulously and resentfully in love with a man , with all the cultural and social baggage that posi- tion entails , and begins to be like St Simeon at his least rational , a mad ascetic and saint , living ...
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... stop these tortures , R moved into the imaginary . The infinity and clarity of desire in the imaginative made normal society's insanity disappear " ( In Memoriam 5 ) . However , brutal physical realities undermine poetic vision at the ...
... stop these tortures , R moved into the imaginary . The infinity and clarity of desire in the imaginative made normal society's insanity disappear " ( In Memoriam 5 ) . However , brutal physical realities undermine poetic vision at the ...
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... stop playing house . The female condition is that of regression . The world begins again . " All the pirates " appear . The struggle ensues again . At the end of the novel , Ange and O have found the treasure , and the pirates have ...
... stop playing house . The female condition is that of regression . The world begins again . " All the pirates " appear . The struggle ensues again . At the end of the novel , Ange and O have found the treasure , and the pirates have ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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