Representations, February 1983, Vol. 1 No. 1
by Svetlana Alpers, Stephen Greenblatt (eds.)
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About This Item
University of California Press, 1983. Soft cover. Good. 132 pages. Inaugural issue, February 1983, of the academic journal Representations, with lead articles by the co-chairs of its editorial board: Stephen Greenblatt "Murdering Peasants: Status, Genre, and the Representation of Rebellion; Svetlana Alpers "Interpretation without Representation, or, the Viewing of Las Meninas." Thick journal, 7" x 9-3/4", back cover sunned along top and outer margins, shelf wear. foxing to edges. Critical marginalia by former owner Prof. Ann E. Berthoff (author of The Mysterious Barricades: Language and Its Limits) on 12 pages of the Alpers article and a few other pages.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Representations, February 1983, Vol. 1 No. 1
- Author
- Svetlana Alpers, Stephen Greenblatt (eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Date Published
- 1983
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- INTERPRETATION, ACADEMIC JOURNAL, VELAZQUEZ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Composition and rhetoric;
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