{"product_id":"theatermachine-9780810140240","title":"Theatermachine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an in-depth, multidisciplinary compendium of essays about one of the most influential theatre artists of the twentieth century. Hans-Thies Lehmann's theory of post-dramatic theatre and developments in critical theory serve to provide a previously unavailable vocabulary for discussion of Kantor's theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This groundbreaking collection of beautifully edited essays is impressive in both scope and depth. The book deftly interweaves Kantor’s Polish, Jewish, international, and theoretical roots, thus illuminating essential connections between each in thrilling new ways.”- Dassia Posner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Director’s Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A unique collection, full of splendid writing and vivid insight, destined to become an essential resource on one of the twentieth century’s seminal experimental theater artists.”- Jonathan Kalb, Hunter College, the author of \u003ci\u003eGreat Lengths: Seven Works of Marathon Theater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An invaluable and much needed collection on the incomparable Kantor—his work, his life, his theatrical prescience. Kantor confronted the twentieth century in profound ways that changed the future of theater. This volume approaches his methods and means through twenty-first century lenses that Kantor’s own work might be said to have forecast—post-dramatic theory, new materialism, thing theory, and posthumanism. As such, \u003ci\u003eTheatermachine\u003c\/i\u003e expands our understanding not only of the theater artist but of theory and practice that would follow.”- Rebecca Schneider, Brown University, the author of \u003ci\u003ePerforming Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor: A Short Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Kantor in Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTadeusz Kantor and Modernism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTadeusz Kantor’s Objects: Materialism of the Encounter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman\/Object\/Thing: Kantor’s Puppets and Bio-objects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrushed People: Kantor and Trauma Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and the Theatre of Postmemory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostdramatic Tragedy: Notes on the Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and the Posthuman Stage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Kantor, Locally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransgression and Eschatology in the Work of Tadeusz Kantor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePossessed by the Traumatic Past: Postmemory and S. An-sky’s \u003ci\u003eDybbuk\u003c\/i\u003e in Kantor’s \u003ci\u003eDead Class\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTadeusz Kantor and Bruno Schulz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and Witkacy: Childish Games with Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitkacy’s and Gombrowicz’s Influence on the Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor’s and Grotowski’s Poor Theatre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImagining a Future that Never Was: Tadeusz Kantor’s Symbiotic Jewish-Polish Stage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and Slobodzianek: \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Class\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Class\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Tadeusz Kantor’s \u003ci\u003eAnatomy Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e to the Autopsy in Polish Contemporary Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Kantor, Globally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and Early Twentieth Century European Avant-Garde Directors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTadeusz Kantor and the German Bauhaus: From Technological to Metaphysical Utopia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Reception of Tadeusz Kantor’s Work in Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and the Contemporary European Avant-Garde: Marthaler, Perceval, and Hermanis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and the Contemporary French Avant-Garde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor, Pina Bausch, and Dance Theatre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKantor and the American Avant-Garde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577530618199,"sku":"9780810140240","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810140240.jpg?v=1746095718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theatermachine-9780810140240","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}