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Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky
Av Vaslav Nijinsky, Joan Acocella
Häftad, 2006
339 kr
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A uniquely personal record of a great artist’s experience of mental illnessIn his prime, Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) was the most celebrated man in Western ballet--a virtuoso and a dramatic dancer such as European and American audiences had never seen before. After his triumphs in such works as The …
28 Artists & 2 Saints
E-bok, 2008
126 kr
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Here is a dazzling collection from Joan Acocella, one of our most admired cultural critics: thirty-one essays that consider the life and work of some of the most influential artists of our time (and two saints: Joan of Arc and Mary Magdalene). Acocella writes about Primo Levi, Holocaust survivor …
Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays
Inbunden, 2024
305 kr
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Joan Acocella, “one of our finest cultural critics” (Edward Hirsch), has the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it - its authors, its subjects, and the communities from which it sprung. In her hands, arts criticism becomes a celebration and an investigation, …
Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays
E-bok, 2024
214 kr
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A collection of the New Yorker critic’s finest essays, which examine the books that reveal and record our world. Joan Acocella was “one of our finest cultural critics” (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it—its authors, its …
Creating Hysteria
Women and Multiple Personality Disorder
Häftad, 1999
247 kr
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From 1985 to 1995 an estimated 40,000 Americans, most of themwomen, were told they suffered from multiple personality disorder.Feminists, fundamentalists, and a substantial portion of the mentalhealth community Andorsed this "Sybil-ing" of America.Sensation-seeking television talk shows took up the …
Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism
Inbunden, 2000
399 kr
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Expanding on her absorbing and controversial 1995 New Yorker article, Joan Acocella examines the politics of Willa Cather criticism: how Cather’s work has been seized upon and often distorted by critics on both the left and the right. Acocella argues that the central element of Cather’s works was …
Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays
Häftad, 2025
215 kr
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Joan Acocella was “one of our finest cultural critics” (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it - its authors, its subjects, and the communities from which it springs. In her hands, arts criticism was a celebration and an …
