Theatre of Death – The Uncanny in Mimesis

Tadeusz Kantor, Aby Warburg, and an Iconology of the Actor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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The abyss which separates the actors from the audience like the dead from the living…” If the relation between the living and the dead can be thought of in terms of an analogy with ancient theatre, how might avant-garde theatre be thought of in terms of this same relation “today”?

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Utgivningsdatum2016-12-20
Mått148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt598 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePerformance Philosophy
Antal sidor336
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137478719

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Introduction. Three instances of present readings of past writings.- Part I. Thinking of the dead through a concept of theatre (The Dead Class).- Part II. Chapter 1. Precedents (Craig and Artaud, Maeterlinck and Witkiewicz).- Chapter 2. Survivals and the uncanny.- Chapter 3. Superstition and an iconology.- Part III. Chapter 1. What do we see in theatre – in theory?.- Chapter 2. A question of appearance – enter the actor.- Part IV. Tadeusz Kantor – An avant-garde of death.- Bibliography.