Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:03:26 +0100
Subject: Re: PUPT: The Secret Life of Puppets


>    A friend just asked me about the book "The Secret Life of Puppets" by
>Victoria Nelson.  Found it on  Amazon.  Seem to be a cultural history of
>puppets, their symbolism,  etc.  Has anybody read it or know anything
>about it?   Preston

	I saw a copy of it at the new Drama Book Store. It was there in the
midst of their pitiful collection of puppetry books, so of course I dived
for it. However, after thumbing through it I put it right back. $50 for a
treatise on artificial life forms (automatons, robots, golums, etc, and,
incidently, puppets) with out a single reference to a practicing puppeteer,
living or dead. Ms. Nelson's book might be of interest to performance
studies mavens-- it serves up the lit crit lingo pretty thick. But it's not
much use for anyone interested in puppet history. Doesn't even have any
pictures.
	Oh well, great title though.

		Stephen




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