On looking : essays / Lia Purpura.
On looking : essays / Lia Purpura.
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Publisher
Louisville, Ky. : Sarabande Books, c2006.
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N814.54/39
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 139 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Autopsy report -- On aesthetics -- On form -- Recurrences/concurrences -- Brown -- Sugar eggs : a reverie -- The pin -- Red : an invocation -- The smallest woman in the world -- The space between -- Coming to see -- Falling houses : mise-en-scene -- Glaciology -- Spires -- On invisibility -- On prai...
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Publisher
Louisville, Ky. : Sarabande Books, c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Kentucky
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"Lia Purpura's daring new book of lyric essays, On Looking, is concerned with the aesthetics and ethics of seeing. In these elegantly wrought meditations, patterns and meanings emerge from confusion, the commonplace grows strange and complex, beauty reveals its flaws, and even the most repulsive object turns gorgeous. Purpura's hand is clearly guid...
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On looking : essays / Lia Purpura.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137)
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N814.54/39
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74VKOQLDDREZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOQLDDREZ
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ISBN
1932511393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781932511390 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
814.54
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991022600239702626
