{"product_id":"fool-hardcover-2","title":"Fool - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohanna Skibsrud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining personal narrative, interviews, and literary analysis, \u003ci\u003e Fool\u003c\/i\u003e elaborates the potential for fool figures from throughout literary history to reconfigure subject-object relations and point towards new possibilities in creative and critical thought. Drawing on Johanna Skibsrud's experience in clown classes in France and the US, \u003ci\u003eFool\u003c\/i\u003e challenges and extends the correlation Theodor Adorno suggests between thinking and clowning. It considers a diverse range of literary and theoretical sources from Richard Wagner's \u003ci\u003eParsifal \u003c\/i\u003eto Karen Barad's \u003ci\u003eMeeting the Universe Halfway\u003c\/i\u003e. The book also refers to a varied cast of literary and historical clowns and fools, including the early Shakespearean actor Richard Tarlton, Alban Berg's Wozzeck, and Cirque du Soleil's Shannan Calcutt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSkibsrud elaborates on the role of the 'fool' and 'foolishness' in literature, not as an element of a particular work's content, plot, or style but instead as a creative mode of thought activated through the reading and writing of literary texts. This innovative book charts new ground in literature, philosophy, and performance studies, and is an invaluable resource for specialists in all three fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohanna Skibsrud \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor at the University of Arizona. She is the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of numerous works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Poetic Imperative: A Speculative Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eIsland \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and \u003ci\u003eThe Nothing That Is: Essays on Art, Literature, and Being \u003c\/i\u003e(2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336494432505,"sku":"9781032216119","price":118.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/axHB_GFCXU9781032216119_9c9c0348-6bed-43c8-a82a-8798db8f7d76.webp?v=1769667631","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/fool-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}