The politics of Kathy Acker : revolution and the avant-garde / Emilia Borowska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borowska, Emilia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997--Political and social views.

Acker, Kathy.

Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997--Criticism and interpretation.

Politics and literature--History and criticism.

Politics and literature.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Radicalism in literature.

Revolutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This study brings the radicalism of Acker's politics back to life. Moving beyond conventional accounts of her postmodernism, it explores her work as a continuation of the historical avant-garde and examines how she took moments and movements from modern history, including Russian nihilism, Spanish anarchism and the global revolts of the 1960s, to create her own political agenda. In doing so, it presents Acker in a new light: a revolutionary voice in an age when such voices are sorely needed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1 ‘The Revolution Glitters’: Revolutionary Terrorism in the 1970s Works

Chapter 2 (K)night Time: Cynicism in Don Quixote

Chapter 3 Politics, Passion and Abstraction in ‘Russian Constructivism’

Chapter 4 ‘Beneath the Paving Stones’: The Politics of Proximity in Empire of the Senseless and the Situationist Avant-Garde

Chapter 5 Searching for the Subject: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune in In Memoriam to Identity

Conclusion

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2019).

ISBN:

1-4744-2466-X

OCLC:

1306540453