Modern Painters: Dickens and Cézanne

The article compares the ways of looking in Dickens’ novels and in Cézanne’s art, drawing on the work of Merleau-Ponty for commentary on Cézanne, and on the commentaries on Merleau-Ponty by Lacan. It investigates the way in which Dickens, not often considered as having a visual interest, is modern i...

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Main Author: Jeremy TAMBLING
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2016-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/erea/4903
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title Modern Painters: Dickens and Cézanne
title_full Modern Painters: Dickens and Cézanne
title_fullStr Modern Painters: Dickens and Cézanne
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