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The Aesthetics of Disturbance: AntiArt in AvantGarde Drama (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance),Used
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The wild innovations of the early twentiethcentury avantgarde have been widely celebrated for their influence on the course of experimental drama but rarely examined closely and systematically. Through an exploration of the plays from Germany, France, and England, The Aesthetics of Disturbance discusses modernism and the avantgarde, the relationship of drama to art movements such as expressionism, dada, and surrealism, and the interactions of visual, literary, and performance art.Beginning with a survey of the history and theory of avant garde art, David Graver critically juxtaposes important competing interpretations of the avantgarde, establishes basic distinctions between forms of avantgarde art, compares the aesthetic interests of the avant garde to those of modernism, and discusses the relationship between the avantgarde and drama. Then, through close readings of the works of five preeminent avantgarde playwrights and visual artists Oskar Kokoschka, Gottfried Benn, Raymond Roussel, Roger Vitrac, and Wyndham Lewis he examines the innovations in dramatic literature carried out by these visionaries and finally relates them to the innovations in theater articulated by Brecht and Artaud. Graver argues that antiart principles, most noticeable in the confrontational tactics of dada performance, can also be found within literary dramatic texts, where they create an "aesthetics of disturbance" that destabilizes the integrity of the work without allowing it to selfdestruct."A corrective to the oftrepeated, oversimple idea that antiart consists of the same destructive gesture repeated in different forms. This is a useful book that fills a gap, both conceptually and in terms of the figures discussed." Philip Auslander, Georgia Institute of Technology"Original, important, well done."Anthony Kubiak, Harvard UniversityDavid Graver is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University.
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