{"product_id":"theatre-and-the-threshold-of-kathleen-gough-9781350385511","title":"Theatre and the Threshold of Death: Lectures on the Dying Arts","description":"On the eve of a global pandemic, Kathleen Gough, a theatre professor, becomes immersed in the lives of five artist-mystics, each of whom is a pioneer in her field: \u003cb\u003eHildegard of Bingen\u003c\/b\u003e (1098-1179), the first known musical composer; \u003cb\u003eEleanora Duse\u003c\/b\u003e (1858-1924), the first modern actor in the Western world; \u003cb\u003eSimone Weil\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1943), philosopher, activist, and mystic, whom Albert Camus called \"the only great spirit of our time\"; \u003cb\u003eMarina Abramovic\u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1946), \"the grandmother of performance art\"; and \u003cb\u003eHilma af Klint\u003c\/b\u003e (1862-1944), the first known (and belatedly acknowledged) abstract painter. Each time Gough crosses a threshold into their world, she is compelled to attend courses, seminars and workshops that are simultaneously about dying and healing.\u003cbr\u003eCurious to learn more about the relationships between art practice, dying, and healing, Gough imagines the five artists as wisdom teachers in a mystery school. In a series of eight lectures, she turns to performance theory to provide a framework for engaging with the unknown world. In \u003ci\u003eTheatre and the Threshold of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Gough makes a persuasive argument for the world-making power of relational thinking in our increasingly polarized age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Gough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350385514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350385511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Kathleen Gough","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966256214271,"sku":"9781350385511","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9214a2b9-0acf-420f-9595-7c930d4fe118.jpg?v=1711159325","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theatre-and-the-threshold-of-kathleen-gough-9781350385511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}