At the Risk of Sounding: Essays

by Lola Lemire Tostevin

Book Overview

Jean-Fran?ois Lyotard once wrote that the essay is postmodern inasmuch as it denies itself the solace of good form. At the Risk of Sounding is a wide-ranging collection of essays on writers such as Alice Munro, bpNichol and Antonin Artaud; on artists such as Barbara Caruso and Kim Ondaatje; and on fillm directors such as Margarethe von Trotta and Robert Lepage. The essays are personal, yet not "subjective." Their loyalty to the search for truth and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927367549
• ISBN13: 9781927367544
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Teksteditions
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"