Kenneth Goldsmith: The American Subject
JBE BOOKS (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 17. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-2-36568-140-7 (ISBN)
Description
Larger-than-life figures clash with medical objectivity in Goldsmith's conceptual prose poems
In The American Subject, Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961) transcribes historical autopsy reports of famous and infamous American figures, from Abraham Lincoln to Marilyn Monroe, revealing a rich linguistic panorama of postmortem descriptions.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
ISBN-13
978-2-36568-140-7 (9782365681407)
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