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The Triangle of Representation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231120913)
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xMoving deftly among literary and visual arts, as well as the modern critical canon, Christopher Prendergast's book explores the meaning and value of representation as both a philosophical challenge (What does it mean to create an image that "stands for" something absent?) and a political issue (Who has the right to represent whom?).
The Triangle of Representation raises a range of theoretical, historical, and aesthetic questions, and offers subtle readings of such cultural critics as Raymond Williams, Paul de Man, Edward Said, Walter Benjamin, and H駘鈩e Cixous, in addition to penetrating investigations of visual artists like Gros, Ingres, and Matisse and significant insights into Proust and the onus of translating him. Above all, Prendergast's work is a striking display of how a firm grounding in theory is essential for the exploration of art and literature.Author: Christopher Prendergast
ISBN-10: 0231120915
ISBN-13: 9780231120913
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2000
Pages: 123
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.57d
By Christopher Prendergast
xChristopher Prendergast is professor of French literature at Cambridge University and a fellow of the British Academy. His six previous books include The Order of Mimesis and Writing the City: Paris and the Nineteenth Century.
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