American Literature Root and Flower, Volume I Mark Molesworth The Ends of Performance both

The Ends of Performance both celebrates and critiques the institutionalization of the field

Mark's story takes on an even greater significance because it becomes all the more directly

The author draws on his own professional experience to describe therapeutic techniques and exercises which he has found to be effective

The exercises are filled with solid and practical but generative ideas

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American Literature Root and Flower, Volume I Mark Molesworth The Ends of Performance bothA companion to Rubinstein's celebrated study of English literature, American Literature Root and Flower examines the lives and works of over fifty important American novelists, poets, and dramatists. This two volume study is one of remarkable scope, ranging from Hawthorne to the Harlem Renaissance, from Poe to Pynchon. It illuminates the relationship between the producers of American literature and their ever changing social and political contexts,