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The Triangle Of Representation
Christopher Prendergast
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Description for The Triangle Of Representation
Paperback. One of our best-known cultural critics examines the concept of representation and its many and varied forms in literature and art. Num Pages: 123 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Moving 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 Helene Cixous, in addition to penetrating investigations of visual artists like Gros, Ingres, and ... Read more
Moving 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 Helene Cixous, in addition to penetrating investigations of visual artists like Gros, Ingres, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
Number of Pages
123
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231120913
SKU
V9780231120913
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99-15
About Christopher Prendergast
Christopher 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.
Reviews for The Triangle Of Representation
Christopher Pendergast has produced an excellent set of studies collected in the work at hand... the volume is to be recommended for its detailed, nuanced, historical analyses of the concept of representation.
Lawrence Schehr SubStance
Lawrence Schehr SubStance