| Description |
xviii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: ch. 23 Dead Class: The Making of the Legend -- ch. 24 Dead Class in Poland -- ch. 25 The Polish History Lesson -- ch. 26 Dead Class Abroad -- ch. 27 On Not Knowing Polish, Again -- ch. 28 The Visual and the Puerile -- ch. 29 The National and the Transnational -- ch. 30 Witkiewicz's Tumor -- ch. 31 An Age of Genius: Bruno Schulz and the Return to Childhood -- ch. 32 Conversing with Gombrowicz: The Dead, the Funny, the Sacred and the Profane -- ch. 33 Panirony: "A pain with a smile and a shrug" -- ch. 34 Raising the Dead -- ch. 35 Dead Class as Kaddish... -- ch. 36 Dead Class as Dybbuk, or the Absence -- ch. 37 The Dead and the Marionettes -- ch. 38 Men and Objects -- ch. 39 Dead Class as Forefathers' Eve -- ch. 40 Dead Class: The Afterlife -- Postscript -- Appendix -- Table 1 Chronology of Events -- Table 2 Comparison between Wyspianski's Akropolis and Genesis -- Table 3 Comparison between Grotowski and Kantor |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Our Auschwitz: Grotowski's Akropolis -- ch. 1 Jerzy Grotowski: A Very Short Introduction -- ch. 2 Native Son: Grotowski in Poland -- ch. 3 Grotowski: The Polish Context -- ch. 4 Grotowski, the Messiah: Coming to America -- ch. 5 The Making of an Aura -- ch. 6 On Not Knowing Polish -- ch. 7 "In Poland: That is to Say, Nowhere" -- ch. 8 Akropolis/Necropolis -- ch. 9 The Vision and the Symbol -- ch. 10 "This Drama as Drama Cannot Be Staged" -- ch. 11 Two National Sacrums -- ch. 12 "Hollow Sneering Laughter": Mourning the Columbuses -- ch. 13 Against Heroics -- ch. 14 Representing the Unrepresentable -- ch. 15 Trip to the Museum -- ch. 16 Bearing the Unbearable -- ch. 17 The Living and the Dead -- ch. 18 Jacob's Burden -- ch. 19 The Final Descent -- ch. 20 Textual Transpositions -- ch. 21 Akropolis After Grotowski -- Illustrations -- pt. II Our Memory: Kantor's Dead Class -- ch. 22 Tadeusz Kantor: A Very Short Introduction -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Grotowski, Jerzy, 1933-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Grotowski, Jerzy, 1933-1999. Akropolis
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Kantor, Tadeusz, 1915-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kantor, Tadeusz, 1915-1990. Dead class
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- In literture
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Experimental theater.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
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Polish drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Theater -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
2012041201 |
| ISBN |
0857285165 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9780857285164 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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