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- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Number of Pages: 160
- ISBN: 1438427298
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113518419
- Release Date: August 6, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #779623 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #9721 in Literary Criticism (See Top 100 Literary Criticism Bestsellers)
- #88 in Gay & Lesbian (See Top 100 Gay & Lesbian Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Final Acts: Traversing the Fantasy in the Modern Memoir" by Tom Ratekin to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Final Acts: Traversing the Fantasy in the Modern Memoir"Browse more products related to "Tom Ratekin"Publisher's noteWriters facing death offer a rare glimpse into human mortality--they have the unusual opportunity to craft the closing chapter of their life stories. Final Acts explores memoirs of terminal illness, and shows a paradoxical pattern where the diagnosis of terminal illness evokes not despair, but a new freedom and richness in life. The memoirs analyzed--by Allon White, Harold Brodkey, Gillian Rose, and Derek Jarman--provide insight into the experience of radical contingency that an awareness of mortality brings. Tom Ratekin engages the concept of "traversing the fantasy," elaborated by Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Zižek, to argue that the new richness in life each of these memoirists' experiences arises from the abandonment of a particular fantasy that guided his or her earlier work--a fantasy that both protected and inhibited the memoirist. Freed from convention, these writers, while close to death, can reinterpret the stories presented in their earlier work, and gain new perspectives on their worlds and existence. If You Enjoy "Final Acts: Traversing the Fantasy in the Modern Memoir (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Final Acts: Traversing the Fantasy in the Modern Memoir (Hardcover)" by Tom Ratekin (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Gay & Lesbian Bestsellers
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