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The Memory of the Body: Essays on Theater and Death
The Memory of the Body Essays on Theater and Death Author:Jan Kott, Jadwiga Kosicka (Translator), Lillian Vallee (Translator) To see through the eyes of world-renowned essayist and dramaturge Jan Kott is to gain immeasurably in knowledge not just of the theater but also of human culture. Since his Shakespeare Our Contemporary appeared in English in 1964, Kott's work has radically altered and consistently strengthened the way critics and th... more »e English-speaking public approach the theater as a whole. The Memory of the Body highlights a number of dramatic personalities and personages: authors and directors Witkiewicz, Brecht, Kantor, Grotowski, Ingmar Bergman, Wedekind; Tilly Newes on the state in turn-of-the-century Vienna, the all-too-mortal, two-thirds divine Gilgamesh; and a shaman in rural Korea. These essays show a Kott who, while familiar, possesses endless ability to innovate and surprise. The work collected here encompasses more than just the theater. In a style flecked alternatively with passion, with poignancy, and with wit, Kott speaks of eroticism, of painting, of love and of death.« less