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One of the implications of this decentered universe is that language itself cannot be separated from what it is " about " : language keeps collapsing into reality , so that writing ( the visual image of language ) often becomes not ...
One of the implications of this decentered universe is that language itself cannot be separated from what it is " about " : language keeps collapsing into reality , so that writing ( the visual image of language ) often becomes not ...
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The point is that Ashbery undermines the whole notion of signification by creating a situation in which the technique of language ( as writing or mapping ) confuses itself and merges with the object of language ( as life , the world ) .
The point is that Ashbery undermines the whole notion of signification by creating a situation in which the technique of language ( as writing or mapping ) confuses itself and merges with the object of language ( as life , the world ) .
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description of “ flame writing , ” in which transparent traces in an ink of potassium nitrate become visible only when set afire . This image of " pyrography ” relates to Ashbery's notion of the self - consuming quality of language ...
description of “ flame writing , ” in which transparent traces in an ink of potassium nitrate become visible only when set afire . This image of " pyrography ” relates to Ashbery's notion of the self - consuming quality of language ...
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NORMA PROCOPIOW | 1 |
KEIKO BEPPU and M TERESA TAVORMINA | 20 |
SUSAN FROMBERG SCHAEFFER | 41 |
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