Encounters in Theatre and Liberature: B. S. Johnson and Zenkasi

Katarzyna Biela

In his essay-manifesto of 1999, Zenon Fajfer defined liberature - a literary genre encompassing works whose authors intentionally design the shape of the book, so that it matches their textual message. Extending beyond the growing literary research on liberature, this book presents the theatrical contexts of the genre. Grounded in original archival research, it discusses the theatre practice of Zenon Fajfer and Katarzyna Bazarnik (Zenkasi), as well as the post-war British avant-garde author, B. S. Johnson, whom they see as a liberatic author avant la lettre. Tracking the connections between their work in different media, the monograph considers how their theatrical experience may be related to the invention of unconventional aesthetic solutions in literature.

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B. S. Johnson and Zenkasi

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Dedication
pp 5-6

Contents
pp 7-9

List of Figures
pp 10-10

Introduction
pp 11-22

Part I - Negotiating the Medium
pp 23-24

Chapter 1 - Theatre and the Book
pp 25-86

Part II - The Body in the Earlier Plays
pp 87-88

Chapter 2 - B.S. Johnson – You’re Human Like the Rest of Them
pp 89-134

Chapter 3 - Zenkasi – Madam Eva, Ave Madam
pp 135-188

Part III - Later Compositions and Intertextuality
pp 189-190

Chapter 4 - B.S. Johnson – One Sodding Thing After Another & Compressor
pp 191-232

Chapter 5 - Zenkasi – Finnegans Make
pp 233-284

Bibliography
pp 293-308

Index
pp 309-314

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