{"product_id":"resisting-representation-paperback","title":"Resisting Representation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine Scarry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned scholar Elaine Scarry's book, \u003cem\u003eThe Body in Pain\u003c\/em\u003e, has been called by Susan Sontag \"extraordinary...large-spirited, heroically truthful.\" The \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e called it \"brilliant, ambitious, and controversial.\" Now Oxford has collected some of Scarry's most provocative writing. This collection of essays deals with the complicated problems of representation in diverse literary and cultural genres--from her beloved sixth-century philosopher Boethius, through the nineteenth-century novel, to twentieth-century advertising. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eqWe often assume that all areas of experience are equally available for representation. On the contrary, these essays present discussions of experiences and concepts that challenge, defeat, or block representation. Physical pain, physical labor, the hidden reflexes of cognition and its judgments about the coherence or incoherence of the world are all phenomena that test the resources of language. Using primarily literary sources (works by Hardy, Beckett, Boethius, Thackeray, and others), Scarry also draws on painting, medical advertising, and philosophic dialogue to probe the limitations of expression and representation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eResisting Representation\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates language. It looks at the problematic areas of expression not at the moment when representation is resisted, but at the moment when that resistance is at last overcome, thus suggesting a domain of plenitude and inclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of the renowned \u003cem\u003eThe Body in Pain\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 1985), noted scholar \u003cstrong\u003eElaine Scarry\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English and American Literature at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.06 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454634836146,"sku":"9780195089646","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c36477f1a3cb368f91747690959c7575_2ea2f4d3-1391-4c4e-aae1-2c9fba8505a7.webp?v=1778856386","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/resisting-representation-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}