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- Title
Michael Leiris on Knowing.
- Authors
Palermo, Charles
- Abstract
Argues that the way Michel Leiris arrived at his investment in presence shows his endeavor to be more sophisticated than one might expect and he convincingly shows that people can know the author's intentions by reading or looking at his or her work. Leiris' 1930 essay "Toiles recentes de Picasso" which open considering the failure of Pablo Picasso criticism in general; Leiris' claim that understanding Picasso's work depends on approaching it directly and naively; Chapter from Leiris' novel "Aurora"; Account of the mediator's role in Leiris' "Man and His Insides"; Views on modern cosmetics.
- Subjects
LEIRIS, Michel, 1901-1990; ONTOLOGY; CRITICISM; THEORY of knowledge; AUTHORS; AURORA (Book); ESSAYS; PICASSO, Pablo, 1881-1973
- Publication
MLN, 2005, Vol 120, Issue 4, p825
- ISSN
0026-7910
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/mln.2005.0124