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Puppet

An Essay on Uncanny Life

Puppet( )
Author: Gross, Kenneth
ISBN:978-0-226-00550-8
Publication Date:Oct 2012
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.95
Book Description:

The puppet creates delight and fear. It may evoke the innocent play of childhood, or become a tool of ritual magic, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. Puppets can be creepy things, secretive, inanimate while also full of spirit, alive with gesture and voice. In this eloquent book, Kenneth Gross contemplates the fascination of these unsettling objects--objects that are also actors and images of life.

The poetry of the puppet is central here, whether in...
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Book Details
Pages:216
Detailed Subjects: Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.97 x 21.59 x 1.778 cm
Book Weight:0.314 Kilograms



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