Kissing the Mask e-bog
104,11 DKK
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Intrepid journalist and novelist William T. Vollmans colossal body of work stands unsurpassed for its range, moral imperative, and artistry.BooklistWilliam T. Vollmann, the National Book Awardwinning author of Europe Central, offers a charming, evocative, and piercing examination of the ancient Japanese tradition of Noh theatre and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty. Kissin...
E-bog
104,11 DKK
Forlag
HarperCollins e-books
Udgivet
4 maj 2010
Længde
528 sider
Genrer
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780061985331
Intrepid journalist and novelist William T. Vollmans colossal body of work stands unsurpassed for its range, moral imperative, and artistry.BooklistWilliam T. Vollmann, the National Book Awardwinning author of Europe Central, offers a charming, evocative, and piercing examination of the ancient Japanese tradition of Noh theatre and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty. Kissing the Mask is the first major book on Noh by an American writer since the 1916 publication the classic study Pisan Cantos and the Noh by Ezra Pound. But Kissing the Mask is pure Vollmanillustrated with photos by the author with provocative related side-discussions on femininity, transgender, kabuki, pornography, geishas, and more.