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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462198903321

Autore

Prendergast Christopher

Titolo

The Triangle of Representation [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Representation (Philosophy)

Culture

Philosophy & Religion

Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Triangle of Representation; 2. Blurred Identities: Representing Modern Life; 3. Foundations and Beginnings: Raymond Williams And The Grounds Of Cultural Theory; 4. Circulating Representations: New Historicism And The Poetics Of Culture; 5. Representing (Forgetting) the Past: Paul De Man, Fascism, and Deconstruction; 6. Representing Other Cultures: Edward Said; 7. Representation or Embodiment? Walter Benjamin And The Politics Of CORRESPONDANCES; 8. God's Secret: Reflections On Realism; 9. Visuality and Narrative: The Moment Of History Painting

10. Literature, Painting, Metaphor: Matisse/Proust11. English Proust; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 Hélène Cixous, in addition to pe