{"product_id":"mother-of-stories-an-elegy-paperback","title":"Mother of Stories: An Elegy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Dailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Alice Dailey was immersed in 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. In constructing a poetic assemblage reminiscent at once of medieval miscellanies and contemporary experimental autotheory, Dailey's acts of rehearsing, cutting, and folding history generate forms of radical critique that puncture and reconstitute the limits of literary nonfiction.\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52608626393370,"sku":"9781531506476","price":34.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/poVzLPZ9yh9781531506476.webp?v=1785353405","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/mother-of-stories-an-elegy-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}