Puppet
Subtitle: an essay on uncanny life
By: Kenneth Gross
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780226309583
Subjects: Puppets in literature; History and criticism; Puppet theater
Description: "A book about reseeing what we know, or what we think we know, Puppet evokes the startling power of puppets as mirrors of the uncanny in life and art."--Page 2 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the madness of puppets; title: A conversation in Rome; title: Bad manners; title: The scale of the puppet; title: The fate of hands; title: Wooden acting; title: Fables for a puppet theater; title: Destroying the puppet show; title: Hunger; title: The blackened puppet; title: Shadows; title: A test of innocence; title: Coda: everything else.