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The Triangle of Representation
Author(s): Christopher Prendergast (Author)
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Publication Date: 25 Oct. 2000
- Language: English
- Print length: 214 pages
- ISBN-10: 0231120907
- ISBN-13: 9780231120906
Book Description
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 H l ne 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“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
About the Author
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.
