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Death in American texts and performances : corpses, ghosts, and the reanimated dead /
How do twentieth-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 grapples with this paradox, examining literary texts and performance media that include Amiri Baraka's Dutchman, Thornto...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How do twentieth-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 grapples with this paradox, examining literary texts and performance media that include Amiri Baraka's Dutchman, Thornton Wilder's Our Town, John Edgar Wideman's The Cattle Killing, Anne Sexton's poetry, Toni Morrison's Sula and Song of Solomon, Don DeLillo's White Noise, and HBO's Six Feet Under. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 216 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754696025 0754696022 9780754669074 0754669076 1282454250 9781282454255 |