Puppet An Essay on Uncanny Life

Name: Puppet An Essay on Uncanny Life
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ISBN: 9780226309583

ISBN-10: 0226309584

ISBN-13: 9780226309583

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kenneth Gross

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The puppet can entertain or terrify, evoke the innocence of childhood, or become a magical entity, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. Puppets are often creepy things, inanimate while also full of spirit, alive with gesture and voice. In this haunting and beautiful book, Kenneth Gross takes us on a meditative journey through the world of puppet theater, exploring the mysterious fascination of these unsettling objects. Engaging particular aspects of the puppet, from its blunt grotesquery to its talent for metamorphosis, Gross teases out their meaning, showing us the puppet in the guise of angel, seducer, demon, and destroyer. On a global tour of puppets onstage, he takes us to the…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880

Kenneth Gross is professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is the author of five books, including Shakespeare's Noise and Shylock is Shakespeare, also published by the University of Chicago Press.



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Prologue: The Madness of Puppets<l>l</l><l>1</l>


Coda: Everything Else


Notes


Readings


Acknowledgments


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