{"product_id":"echos-fugue-paperback","title":"Echo's Fugue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDesirae Matherly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through a series of variations on the theme of love-unrequited, polyamorous, monogomous, scandalous, adulterous-Desirae Matherly's \u003ci\u003eEcho's Fugue \u003c\/i\u003eexplores love in all its failures and delusions. \u003ci\u003ePatterned\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eon the unfinished\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Fugue \u003c\/i\u003eby Johann Sebastian Bach which has been a mystery for centuries\u003ci\u003e, Echo's Fugue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eundertakes Bach's project in prose-the tantalizing numerical correspondences throughout, the repetition of a single theme, the unfinished final piece.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Matherly's essays appear as letters, indexes, narrative, or sentence diagrams, each defying the rules of the blank page. Song lyrics, obsession, Greek mythology, psychology, game theory, and human sexuality form a fragmented narrative about loss and unhealthy attachments. Mimicry of Bach's fugues leads the author to questions about love, sex, desire, the \"Bach or Stravinsky\" paradigm in game theory, and relationships considered taboo by mainstream standards.\u003cbr\u003e What authority speaks clearest with regard to love, sex, and desire-and is objectivity even possible? The final essay attempts to resolve this question while echoing the puzzle of Bach's final unfinished fugue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Desirae Matherly is Chair of the English and Fine Arts Department at Tusculum University. She is a featured writer for the \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter \u003c\/i\u003ewebsite\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFourth Genre, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Essay Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHotel Amerika, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDescent, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePleiades, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as in \u003ci\u003eAfter Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450461405362,"sku":"9780814255414","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/dc2f57c628e92684f79074d2a9e9ded4.webp?v=1778785869","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/echos-fugue-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}