{"product_id":"resisting-representation-elaine-scarry-9780195089646","title":"Resisting Representation","description":"Renowned scholar Elaine Scarry's book, \u003cem\u003eThe Body in Pain\u003c\/em\u003e, has been called by Susan Sontag \"extraordinary...large-spirited, heroically truthful.\" The \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e called it \"brilliant, ambitious, and controversial.\" Now Oxford has collected some of Scarry's most provocative writing. This collection of essays deals with the complicated problems of representation in diverse literary and cultural genres--from her beloved sixth-century philosopher Boethius, through the nineteenth-century novel, to twentieth-century advertising. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eqWe often assume that all areas of experience are equally available for representation. On the contrary, these essays present discussions of experiences and concepts that challenge, defeat, or block representation. Physical pain, physical labor, the hidden reflexes of cognition and its judgments about the coherence or incoherence of the world are all phenomena that test the resources of language. Using primarily literary sources (works by Hardy, Beckett, Boethius, Thackeray, and others), Scarry also draws on painting, medical advertising, and philosophic dialogue to probe the limitations of expression and representation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eResisting Representation\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates language. It looks at the problematic areas of expression not at the moment when representation is resisted, but at the moment when that resistance is at last overcome, thus suggesting a domain of plenitude and inclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elaine Scarry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195089642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195089646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.98w x 0.50d","brand":"Elaine Scarry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054641737983,"sku":"9780195089646","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fde93dfa-aa66-42e1-9e91-b0cbba13b4ab.jpg?v=1685031136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resisting-representation-elaine-scarry-9780195089646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}