{"product_id":"mother-of-stories-an-elegy-paperback","title":"Mother of Stories: An Elegy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Dailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tour de force memoir that explores the murky boundary between truth and lies and the literary paths to renewal after world-altering loss.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A daughter fractured by the lies of a dying mother; a scholar drawn to the literary history of death; a mother in debt to stories that won't die: Alice Dailey's lush and haunting memoir immerses readers in the lessons and limits of knowing grief. Brilliantly experimental in form, \u003ci\u003eMother of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e pierces the divide between storytelling and philosophy, fiction and life.\"--Robyn Wiegman, Duke University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An elegant meditation on the fiction of everyday living.--\u003cb\u003eWilliam Germano\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Revision\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A profoundly moving and creative book.\"--\u003cb\u003eJonathan Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWriting and Desire: Queer Ways of Composing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tour de force memoir that explores the murky boundary between truth and lies and the literary paths to renewal after world-altering loss.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a breathtaking blend of lyrical memoir, photographs, and textual artifacts, \u003ci\u003eMother of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e examines the complex legacy of a mother who was a gifted teacher, a passionate reader, and a pathological liar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Alice Dailey was immersed in writing an academic study of death in Shakespeare's history plays, her mother died from toxic exposure to mold. Composed in a fugue of grief, \u003ci\u003eMother of Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis Dailey's uncompromising account of the months before and after her mother's death. Through varied forms of episodic and visual recreation, \u003ci\u003eMother of Stories \u003c\/i\u003econfronts what it means to inherit violent family narratives and, in their wake, to have to reconceive the borders between lived, imaginary, and literary experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hybrid, richly imaginative work that synthesizes past and present, counterfeit and real, \u003ci\u003eMother of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e oscillates between the inescapable weight of history and the cathartic liberation of art and storytelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Dailey\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Villanova University, where she specializes in late medieval and early modern drama.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Dailey\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Villanova University, where she specializes in late medieval and early modern literature, with a particular focus on drama and death studies. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe English Martyr from Reformation to Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Do Things with Dead People: History, Technology, and Temporality from Shakespeare to Warhol\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47370657104050,"sku":"9781531506476","price":31.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0b6912d2f002c9d64f3577d28a466662.webp?v=1777621153","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/mother-of-stories-an-elegy-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}