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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809576903321

Autore

Prendergast Christopher

Titolo

The triangle of representation / / Christopher Prendergast

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages)

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Representation (Philosophy)

Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-190) and index.

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/Proust; 11. 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