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Andrei Codrescu and the Myth of America

Andrei Codrescu and the Myth of America


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"This is one of those times, a time choked in the weeds of academic and civilian formalism. To put it mildly, most of what we see in print in North America is unbearably trivial and singularly devoid of courage."--Andrei Codrescu, The Disappearance of the Outside. Known to the general public as a radio commentator on National Public Radio, Romanian-born essayist and poet Andrei Codrescu has developed a variety of voices throughout his career: Transylvanian humorist on NPR, surrealist poet in his many volumes of poetry, academic essayist in his philosophical writings and historical novelist. Taking seemingly everyday events in seemingly mundane places, Codrescu is able to link the random details into a larger whole, leading his readers and listeners to conclusions very different from those they first imagined. This work explores Codrescu's writings and how they are a part of the surrealist tradition. It examines the ways in which his poetry, essays and novels are influenced by his upbringing in Communist Romania and the liberal attitudes he encountered upon moving to the United States, and draws comparisons between Codrescu and other surrealists. An interview with the author is also included.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Mirror, Mirror: A Foreword by Andrei Codrescu      Preface      Introduction: Codrescu/Benjamin: Surreal Urbanism      1. Communes/Suburbs: The ’60s      2. Postmodernism/The State: Nietzsche      3. Poetry/Politics: Codrescu as Surrealist Citizen?      4. Paradoxes/Linearity: Codrescu’s Ars Vita      5. Fun/Work: Fourier’s City      6. Variety/Uniformity: Detroit’s Demise      7. Paris/Las Vegas: Road Scholar      8. Joy/Philosophy: Nietzsche in Detroit      9. Outside/Inside: Polis/Police      10. Poetry/Oedipus: The Investigative Poets      11. Edward Sanders/Charles Manson: The Family      12. Good/Evil: Ceausescu      13. Surrealism/Protestantism: The Blood Countess      14. Messiah/Messiah: The Return of Paganism      15. Codrescu/Codrescu: Conclusion      Appendix A: Andrei Codrescu from a Romanian: Viewpoint, by Roxana Maria Crisan      Appendix B: Five Interviews with Codrescu      Appendix C: Works by Codrescu      General Bibliography      Index     

About the Author :
Kirby Olson is associate professor of humanities at the State University of New York in Delhi. He is the editor of To Wit: Official Newsletter of the American Humor Studies Association.

Review :
“dense, detailed...first-rate”—American Book Review.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786421374
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 216
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0786421371
  • Publisher Date: 13 Apr 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 216
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 376 gr


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