Results for: books tagged ‘Avant Garde’
Prince Charming: Christopher Logue
Prince Charming is the story of Christopher Logue: one of our great poets and literary mavericks, part of a circle that included Kenneth Tynan and Richard Ingrams. It tells, in ... More
Reflections on the Theatre: Jean Genet
Jean Genet’s The Screens, hailed by many to be Genet’s masterpiece, was staged in Paris in 1966 by the Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud Company. This epic 62-character play almost defies staging ... More
The Blue Moment: Richard Williams
There have been many books about Miles Davis, one of the twentieth century’s most protean musical figures, but The Blue Moment is unlike any other work on the subject. More
Lipstick Traces: Greil Marcus
This book is about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called 'Anarchy in the UK' was issued in London, and this event launched a transformation of pop ... More