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Topographies (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
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$33.95
Publication Date: March 1st, 1995
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
ISBN:
9780804723794
Pages:
396
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Description
This book investigates the function of topographical names and descriptions in a variety of narratives, poems, and philosophical or theoretical texts, primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries, but including also Plato and the Bible. Topics include the initiating efficacy of speech acts, ethical responsibility, political or legislative power, the translation of theory from one topographical location to another, the way topographical delineations can function as parable or allegory, and the relation of personification to landscape.
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