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On Pictures and the Words that Fail Them
On Pictures and the Words that Fail Them
Author: James Elkins
In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, James Elkins argues against the assumption that images can be adequately described in words. In his view, words must always fail because pictures possess a residue of 'meaningless' marks that cannot be apprehended as signs. On Pictures and the Words that Fail Them provides detailed, incisive critiques...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521571081
ISBN-10: 0521571081
Publication Date: 5/28/1998
Pages: 346
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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