The politics of Kathy Acker : revolution and the avant-garde /

This study brings the radicalism of Acker's politics back to life. Moving beyond conventional accounts of her postmodernism, it explores her work as a continuation of the historical avant-garde and examines how she took moments and movements from modern history, including Russian nihilism, Span...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Borowska, Emilia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Acker, Kathy, > 1948-1997 > Criticism and interpretation.
Acker, Kathy, > 1948-1997.
Politics and literature > History and criticism.
Postmodernism (Literature)
Radicalism in literature.
Revolutions.
Politique et littérature > Histoire et critique.
Postmodernisme (Littérature)
Radicalisme dans la littérature.
Révolutions.
revolutions.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Women Authors.
Politics and literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 'The Revolution Glitters': Revolutionary Terrorism in the 1970s Works; Chapter 2 (K)night Time: Cynicism in Don Quixote; Chapter 3 Politics, Passion and Abstraction in 'Russian Constructivism'; Chapter 4 'Beneath the Paving Stones': The Politics of Proximity in Empire of the Senseless and the Situationist Avant-Garde; Chapter 5 Searching for the Subject: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune in In Memoriam to Identity; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index

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