The triangle of representation / Christopher Prendergast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prendergast, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representation (Philosophy).

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index.

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

OCLC:

818856959