Thomas Ligotti & the Polish Avant-Garde

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Exploring connections between the aesthetics of Thomas Ligotti's Teatro Grottesco (2006) and those of the Polish avant-garde as well as mid-20th-century European theatre. 0:00 Unweirding 1:22 Part I - Degraded Reality & Ligotti's Morbid Aesthetics 7:44 Part II - Mannequins 12:42 Part III - Circus & Spectacle Links to Sherds Podcast on Bruno Schulz: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Q0b3QFVOeZr3SlXXPW8cD?si=kQTTrZj6SOCpAsowwRAoQw&dl_branch=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/29-cinnamon-shops-by-bruno-schulz/id1295931102?i=1000472002715 Support me here: https://ko-fi.com/sherdstube Bibliography: Teatro Grottesco (2006) by Thomas Ligotti Cinnamon Shops (1934) by Bruno Schulz, (trans. Madeline G. Levine) The Writings of Tadeusz Kantor 1956-1985 (trans. Michał Kobiałka) in The Drama Review: TDR , Autumn, 1986, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Autumn, 1986) ‘The Little Manifesto’ (1978) by Tadeusz Kantor, (trans. Michał Kobiałka) The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (2010) by Thomas Ligotti ‘Rzeczywistość zdegradowana: Rzecz o Brunonie Schulzu’ (1957) Pisma Zebrane Tom. 1 Artura Sandauera Waiting for Godot (1953) by Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot (2001), film adaptation, dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg Umarła Klasa by Tadeusz Kantor, filmed in 1976 by Andrzej Wajda Link to Cricoteka Museum in Kraków: https://www.cricoteka.pl/pl/en/ #thomasligotti #weirdfiction #horrorfiction #horror #polishliterature #avantgardeliterature #avantgarde #ligotti #samuelbeckett #waitingforgodot #cricoteca #tadeuszkantor #polishtheatre #theatre #polishart #teatrogrottesco #scaryclowns #scarypuppets #dolls #brunoschulz #cinnamonshops #thestreetofcrocodiles #madelineglevine #andrzejwajda #sherdstube #booktube #booktuber #bookreview #literature #literarycriticism #readingvlog #literaryfiction #aesthetics #mannequins #circus #krakow #kraków