The Theatre of Death – The Uncanny in Mimesis Tadeusz Kantor, Aby Warburg, and an Iconology of the Actor /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Twitchin, Mischa (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XIII, 336 p. 1 illus.
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Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Performance Philosophy,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47872-6
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Three instances of present readings of past writings
  • Part I. Thinking of the dead through a concept of theatre (The Dead Class)
  • Part II. Chapter 1. Precedents (Craig and Artaud, Maeterlinck and Witkiewicz)
  • Chapter 2. Survivals and the uncanny
  • Chapter 3. Superstition and an iconology
  • Part III. Chapter 1. What do we see in theatre – in theory?
  • Chapter 2. A question of appearance – enter the actor
  • Part IV. Tadeusz Kantor – An avant-garde of death
  • Bibliography.