Allegories of the postmodern: the work of Wilfred Watson and R. Murray Schafer

The characteristic doubling of postmodern works of art is best seen in terms of an allegorical gesture that melancholics undertake in order to create life in an entity they consider dead and meaningless. Walter Benjamin has theorized the allegorical gesture and provides a basis for extending his...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haag, Stefan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7368