Puppet : an essay on uncanny life /

The puppet creates delight and fear. It may evoke the innocent play of childhood, or become a tool of ritual magic, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. Puppets can be creepy things, secretive, inanimate while also full of spirit, alive with gesture and voice. In this eloquent book, Kenneth Gross...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gross, Kenneth
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Puppets in literature. Puppet theater > History and criticism. Puppets. Fine arts. Electronic books. Electronic resource.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book