American Rococo: Essays on the Edge [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Cook, Isham

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ISBN 10: 0986293490 ISBN 13: 9780986293498

Casa editrice: Magic Theater Books, 2017

Riassunto

An "elegantly prepared" (Kirkus Reviews) essay collection tackling everything from Elizabethan lute players to American Walmart crowds.

What do seashells, obesity, graffiti, and the American ghetto have in common? Nude hot springs and the Japanese theater? Atheists and family-values conservatives? Why do atheists go on religious pilgrimages? How have schools infantilized our understanding of Shakespeare, and the textbook industry conspired to turn our language's history into agitprop? What is the single most dangerous sexual idea that even the liberated can't handle?

Ranging across centuries and continents, Isham Cook's far-flung essays, whether discoursing on the most radical or most homespun of topics, are guided by the notion of the "edge." The edge represents the limits of conventional understanding, the zone beyond stereotypes and groupthink; it is where received ideas are recast in fresh and striking ways.

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Informazioni sull'autore

American essayist and novelist based in China since 1994. Writing philosophy: downmarket, big concept, provocative, discriminating, outrageous, creepy, sordid. Ballard, Beckett, Borges, Dick, Kafka, Hesse, Melville, Mishima, Sade are influences.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Magic Theater Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0986293490
• ISBN 13: 9780986293498
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 241
• Contatto del produttore: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.it/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Lussemburgo