Great Expectations (Reissue)
Kathy Ackers practice of literary appropriation and pastiche made her notoriousas a rebel and a groundbreakerwhen Great Expectations was first published in 1982. Here, she begins rewriting Charles Dickenss classicsplicing it with passages from Pierre Guyotats sexually violent Eden, Eden, Eden, among other textsalongside Ackers trademark pithy dialogue, as well as prank missives to the likes of Susan Sontag, Sylvère Lotringer, and God.
At the center of this form-shifting narrative, Ackers protagonist collects an inheritance following her mothers suicide, which compels her to revisit and reinterpret traumatic scenes from the past. Switching perspectives, identities, genders, and centuries, the speaker lustily ransacks world literature to celebrate and challenge the discourse around art, love, life, and death.
At the center of this form-shifting narrative, Ackers protagonist collects an inheritance following her mothers suicide, which compels her to revisit and reinterpret traumatic scenes from the past. Switching perspectives, identities, genders, and centuries, the speaker lustily ransacks world literature to celebrate and challenge the discourse around art, love, life, and death.
Auteur | | Kathy Acker |
Taal | | Engels |
Type | | Paperback |
Categorie | | Literatuur & Romans |