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Synopsis
Fragments of the Artwork brings together Jean Genet's critical writings and open letters on art and aesthetic issues. This collection testifies to Genet's enormous influence on the modern theater, on the development of the novel, and on the representation of crime, sex, gender, and race. In lyrical essays and one candid interview, these works present an untutored, original, defiant Genet, displaying his provocative insights and acuities on a range of topics.
Genet wrestles with the athletic genius of Rembrandt, adores the intricate criminal resurrections of Dostoevsky, challenges our easy readings of Brecht, and, in what is one of the most exalting art historical essays ever written, provides us with his detailed personal account of the work and presence of Alberto Giacometti. Altogether these essays comprise a series of engrossing meditations on the central motives of theatricality and art.
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From the Back Cover
“Each of these texts, in its own way, promotes and celebrates absolute theatricalization as a prevention against communication, theater being the most spectacular, the most metaphysical evacuating device, the most spectacular way of exposing the glory of emptiness, or producing what Genet calls the ‘vide solide.’” —Denis Hollier,New York University
About the Author
Jean Genet (1910-1986), poet, novelist, playwright, and political essayist, was one of the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. His work, much of it considered scandalous when it first appeared, is now placed among the classics of modern literature and has been translated and performed throughout the world.
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- PublisherStanford University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0804742871
- ISBN 13 9780804742870
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages200
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