Larger-than-life figures clash with medical objectivity in Goldsmith’s conceptual prose poems
In The American Subject, Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961) transcribes historical autopsy reports of famous and infamous American figures, from Abraham Lincoln to Marilyn Monroe, revealing a rich linguistic panorama of postmortem descriptions.
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Larger-than-life figures clash with medical objectivity in Goldsmith’s conceptual prose poems
In The American Subject, Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961) transcribes historical autopsy reports of famous and infamous American figures, from Abraham Lincoln to Marilyn Monroe, revealing a rich linguistic panorama of postmortem descriptions.
