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The 'texts' of Russian artist and thinker Daniil Kharms (1905-1942) were so many and varied and often unique that they defied categorization. This book view Kharms' oeuvre in its entirety. It offers an understanding of the overall project of this artist and writer considered a major figure in the modernist canon of Europe.

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Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Writer of Disaster; 1. Against Metaphor; 2. Writing Without Difference; 3. Infinity - Letter - Event; 4. Theaters of Terror; 5. Event and Performances; Conclusion: It Happens...; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Daniil Kharms Writing and the Event Avantgarde and Modernism Studies AvantGarde and Modernism Studies Paperback

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 11/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810125544, 978-0810125544
      ISBN10: 0810125544
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The 'texts' of Russian artist and thinker Daniil Kharms (1905-1942) were so many and varied and often unique that they defied categorization. This book view Kharms' oeuvre in its entirety. It offers an understanding of the overall project of this artist and writer considered a major figure in the modernist canon of Europe.

      Table of Contents
      Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Writer of Disaster; 1. Against Metaphor; 2. Writing Without Difference; 3. Infinity - Letter - Event; 4. Theaters of Terror; 5. Event and Performances; Conclusion: It Happens...; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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