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The Secret Life of Puppets

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Description for The Secret Life of Puppets Paperback. In this work, Victoria Nelson illuminates the deep but hidden attraction the supernatural still holds for a secular mainstream culture that forced the transcendental underground and firmly displaced wonder and awe with the forces of reason, materialism and science. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
In one of those rare books that allows us to see the world not as we've never seen it before, but as we see it daily without knowing, Victoria Nelson illuminates the deep but hidden attraction the supernatural still holds for a secular mainstream culture that forced the transcendental underground and firmly displaced wonder and awe with the forces of reason, materialism, and science. In a backward look at an era now drawing to a close, The Secret Life of Puppets describes a curious reversal in the roles of art and religion: where art and literature once ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674012448
SKU
V9780674012448
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Ref
99-50

About Victoria Nelson
Victoria Nelson teaches in the Goddard College graduate program in creative writing.

Reviews for The Secret Life of Puppets
Nelson plots an illuminating journey through a carnival funhouse...Unlike many similar, wide-ranging culture studies, Nelson's book arrives with no agenda, blaming no one; instead, she offers a learned, exciting ride through a phantasmagoric landscape filled with dark mysteries. Publishers Weekly 20011202 From Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, A. I., and X-Files, to the genre grotesqueries of Child's Play ... Read more

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