Lust for Life - On the Writings of Kathy Acker

Informationen zum Autor Carla Harryman is the author of several books including Baby, Gardener of Stars and There Never Was a Rose Without a Thorn. Avital Ronell teaches at New York University, The European Graduate School and Paris VIII, and is the author of many books including The Test Drive. Amy Scholder is the Editorial Director of the Feminist Press. Peter Wollen was Chair of the Department of Film, Television and New Media at the University of California, Los Angeles. His other books include Paris/Hollywood: Writings on Film and Paris/Manhattan: Writings on Art. Klappentext Scholars, artists and writers consider the works of the most transgressive literary icon of the late 20th century. Zusammenfassung Kathy Acker was one of the original, subversive and influential writers of the late 20th century. This is a collection of essays on Acker's work, including Peter Wollen's primer, and Avital Ronell's meditation on friendship and mourning. It reveals his project, and the ways in which fiction can penetrate the heart of political and cultural life.

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• Authors: Carla Ronell Harryman, Amy Ronell Scholder
• Assisted by: Carla Harryman (Editor), Harryman Carla (Editor), Avital Ronell (Editor), Ronell Avital (Editor), Amy Scholder (Editor), Scholder Amy (Editor)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.05.2006
• EAN: 9781844670666
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-066-6
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form