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The nothing that is : essays on art, literature and being
- Title
- The nothing that is : essays on art, literature and being / Johanna Skibsrud.
- Author
- Skibsrud, Johanna, 1980-
- Publication
- Toronto : Book*hug Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-3291 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 129 pages : illustrations, portrait; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Written over a period of more than a decade, The Nothing That Is is a collection about the very concept of "nothing," approached from a variety of angles and in a variety of ways. Addressing a broad range of topics and works by contemporary writers and artists, these essays seek to decentre our relationship to both the "givenness" of history and to a predictive or probable model of the future. They do so by drawing attention to the ways that poetic language activates the multiple, and as yet undesignated, possibilities replete within our every moment, and within every encounter between a speaking "I" and what exceeds subjectivity--a listening "Other," be it community or the objective world."--
- Series Statement
- Essais series ; no. 9
- Uniform Title
- Essays. Selections
- Essais (Toronto, Ont.) ; no. 9.
- Alternative Title
- Essays.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Essays.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127).
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Contents
- Introduction -- "The nothing that is" -- Barbarians among us -- "If I were human" -- "The horror, the horror" -- "Refloating" the falling man -- Absence in "The system" -- Transcribing waves -- "Poetic emergency" -- "If we dare to" -- Visual histories -- A "Most human" call.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-3291
- ISBN
- 9781771665261
- 1771665262
- OCLC
- 1097258047
- Author
- Skibsrud, Johanna, 1980- author.
- Title
- The nothing that is : essays on art, literature and being / Johanna Skibsrud.
- Publisher
- Toronto : Book*hug Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Essais series ; no. 9Essais (Toronto, Ont.) ; no. 9.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127).
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Skibsrud, Johanna, 1980- Essays. Selections. Nothing that is. Toronto : Book*hug Press, 2019 1771665270 9781771665278 (OCoLC)1113865833
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-3291