Bruno Schulz's Intimate Communication: From the "True Viewer" of Xiega balwochwalcza to the "True Reader" of 'Ksiega'

Bruno Schulz's Xiega balwochwalcza (The Idolatrous Book) existed in a dual form, as loose graphics and bound portfolios. Many of its images depict mini-dramas similar to erotic role play. Both these aspects reflect the intimate and participatory experience of erotic art: art directed not to a g...

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Published inStudies in Slavic literature and poetics Vol. 54; p. 451
Main Author Robertson, Theodosia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Leiden Brill Academic Publishers, Inc 01.01.2009
Subjects
Critics
Females
Ficowski, Jerzy
Portfolios
Reading
Role playing
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Summary:Bruno Schulz's Xiega balwochwalcza (The Idolatrous Book) existed in a dual form, as loose graphics and bound portfolios. Many of its images depict mini-dramas similar to erotic role play. Both these aspects reflect the intimate and participatory experience of erotic art: art directed not to a general public, but to a "true viewer/receiver". With its flexible form and its scenes of erotic role play, The Idolatrous Book engaged artist and audience in a shared experience. When Schulz turned to writing the notion of a true viewer/receiver persisted, becoming the notion of the "true reader" which found its ultimate formulation in 'Ksiega' ('The Book'). [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0169-0175
1879-6281
DOI:10.1163/9789042026957_023