Catastophe Practice
In his recent novelsincluding his award-winning Hopeful MonstersNicholas Mosley has investigated the patterns that govern our mental and emotional lives and the possibilities that we have for change, and nowhere has he explored such themes with greater concentration than in Catastrophe Practice. A unique book whose characters and concerns are the basis for the other four novels of the Catastrophe Practice Series - Hopeful Monsters, Imago Bird, Judith, and Serpent Catastrophe Practice is remarkable both in its form (three plays with prefaces and a novella) and in its ability to convey the complexities of thought. Drawing upon catastrophe theory to examine the discontinuities in human personality and our tendency to progress suddenly rather than smoothly, the six characters of Catastrophe Practice struggle to disrupt traditional ways of being. These characters (and the author) feel that conventional ways of interpreting the world have become destructiveconventional language, conventional feelings, conventional situationsand try to find a way to realize genuine experience.
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Catastophe Practice
In his recent novelsincluding his award-winning Hopeful MonstersNicholas Mosley has investigated the patterns that govern our mental and emotional lives and the possibilities that we have for change, and nowhere has he explored such themes with greater concentration than in Catastrophe Practice. A unique book whose characters and concerns are the basis for the other four novels of the Catastrophe Practice Series - Hopeful Monsters, Imago Bird, Judith, and Serpent Catastrophe Practice is remarkable both in its form (three plays with prefaces and a novella) and in its ability to convey the complexities of thought. Drawing upon catastrophe theory to examine the discontinuities in human personality and our tendency to progress suddenly rather than smoothly, the six characters of Catastrophe Practice struggle to disrupt traditional ways of being. These characters (and the author) feel that conventional ways of interpreting the world have become destructiveconventional language, conventional feelings, conventional situationsand try to find a way to realize genuine experience.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781564782526 |
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Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing |
Publication date: | 01/01/2001 |
Series: | British Literature |
Pages: | 342 |
Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.74(d) |
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