Lithuanian: Spec(tac)ulum mundi

A MIRROR THAT IS ALSO A SPECTACLE seems an intriguing, theatrical new idea. Actually, however, its roots go back at least to Shakespeare, whose Hamlet was instructing actors "to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature." The difference is that Kostas Ostrauskas's mirror is focuse...

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Published in:World literature today 2004, Vol.78 (3/4), p.113
Main Author: Silbajoris, Rimvydas
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Ostrauskas, Kostas (1926-2012)
Poetry
Proverbs
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Summary:A MIRROR THAT IS ALSO A SPECTACLE seems an intriguing, theatrical new idea. Actually, however, its roots go back at least to Shakespeare, whose Hamlet was instructing actors "to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature." The difference is that Kostas Ostrauskas's mirror is focused not on high drama but rather on the innumerable banalities or proverbs, passing for popular wisdom, that enfold our lives.
ISSN:0196-3570
1945-8134