Scanning the hypnoglyph : sleep in modernist and postmodern representation /

Scanning the hypnoglyph : sleep in modernist and postmodern representation /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Wallace, Nathaniel Owen, 1948- author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 343 pages)
Language:English
Series:Consciousness, Literature and the Arts ; volume 46
Consciousness, literature & the arts ; 46.
Subject:
Sleep in literature.
Sleep in art.
Dreams in literature.
Dreams in art.
Dreams in art.
Dreams in literature.
Sleep in art.
Sleep in literature.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11909714
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ISBN:9004316213
9789004316218
9789004316188
9004316183
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 15, 2016).
Summary:Nathaniel Wallace's Scanning the Hypnoglyph chronicles a contemporary genre that exploits sleep's evocative dimensions. While dreams, sleeping nudes, and other facets of the dormant state were popular with artists of the early twentieth century (and long before), sleep experiences have given rise to an even wider range of postmodern artwork. Scanning the Hypnoglyph first assesses the modernist framework wherein the sleeping subject typically enjoys firm psychic grounding. As postmodernism begins, subjective space is fragmented, the representation of sleep reflecting the trend. Among other topics, this book demonstrates how portrayals of dormant individuals can reveal imprints of the self. Gender issues are taken up as well. "Mainstream," heterosexual representations are considered along with depictions of gay, lesbian, and androgynous sleepers.
Other form:Print version: Wallace, Nathaniel Owen, 1948- Scanning the hypnoglyph. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004316188

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