Daniil Kharms: Writing and the Event

by Branislav Jakovljevic

Book Overview

The "texts" of Russian artist and thinker Daniil Kharms (1905-1942) were so many and varied and often unique (narrative, dramatic, philosophical, poetic, mathematical, pictographic, diagrammatic, musical, biographical) that they defied categorization--and, thus, thorough study or appreciation--through much of the twentieth century. This book, the first in English to view Kharms's oeuvre in its entirety, is also the first to offer a complete, inclusive,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810125544
• ISBN13: 9780810125544
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"