Disguise, Deception, Trompe-l'#339;il: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
The essays in Disguise, Deception, Trompe-l'œil: Interdisciplinary Perspectives investigate the subject of deception and falsehood from various perspectives. Classical, modernist and postmodern texts and art forms, both visual and performative, are examined in frames of reference that range from aesthetics and literary theory to cognitive science. In some cases, deception and falsehood are seen to have positive connotations, and, in other cases, their negative dimensions are highlighted. The...
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The essays in Disguise, Deception, Trompe-l' il: Interdisciplinary Perspectives investigate the subject of deception and falsehood from various perspectives. Classical, modernist and postmodern texts and art forms, both visual and performative, are examined in frames of reference that range from aesthetics and literary theory to cognitive science. In some cases, deception and falsehood are seen to have positive connotations, and, in other cases, their negative dimensions are highlighted. The complexity of these terms and their relationship with truth and truthfulness are put on display by the contributors to this volume.
I Virtues and Strategies of Deception in Classical Literature1 Disguising Helen: The Polymorphous Wife in the Odyssey Roberto Nickel Nickel, Roberto 32 The Seductiveness of Deception: Ovid's Advice to Lovers Carol U. Merriam Merriam, Carol U. 21II Destabilization of Reality in Renaissance and Baroque Trompe-l'oeil3 More than Meets the Eye: Giulio Romano, Federico II Gonzaga, and the Triumph of Trompe-l'oeil at the Palazzo del Te in Mantu Sally Hickson Hickson, Sally 414 Baroque Poetry in Italy: Deception, Illusion, and Epistemological Shifts John Picchione Picchione, John 61III Comedic Irony and the Art of Sarcasm5 The Masks of Comedy: A General Theory Applied to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Vincent Francavilla Francavilla, Vincent 736 On the Science and Art of Sarcasm Albert N. Katz Katz, Albert N. 81IV The Panorama and the Panopticon: Deception and the Origin of Perspective7 Panoramic Trompe-l'oeil: C'etait tout une vie, by Francois Bon Catherine Parayre Parayre, Catherine 998 Leaving the Island of Cyclops: Practicing an "Aural" Genealogy within the Surrealist Community of Fellowship Brian Lightbody Lightbody, Brian 115V Unveiling the Self: Disguise and the Reconstruction of Identity9 Deception of the Self in Zamyatin's We Michael Berman Berman, Michael 13310 Veiling/Unveiling in Tahar Ben Jelloun's The Sacred Sand Child: Disguise and Deception of the Female Protagonist Tamara El-Hoss El-Hoss, Tamara 149VI Self-Reflexive Texts: Uncovering Artistic Process beneath Narrative Layers11 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Marie Redonnet's Candy Store and Nevermore Jeannette Gaudet Gaudet,Jeannette 16312 Matthew Barney's Strategic and Critical Disguises: Cremaster 3 and Masculine Performativity Richard Smolinski Smolinski, Richard 177VII Suspension of Filmic Disbelief: Filling in the Interstices between the Frames13 Famous Film Failures - or Our Lapse in "Poetic Faith" Maurice Yacowar Yacowar, Maurice 19714 Deception as Aggression: Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou R. Bruce Elder Elder, R. Bruce 207VIII Wax Figures and Anatomical Models: The Body Unveiled15 Uneasy Associations: Wax Bodies Outside the Canon Catherine Heard Heard, Catherine 23116 What Lies Beneath: The Female Anatomy Flap Revealed Linda Carreiro Carreiro, Linda 251IX Buddhist and Sufi Texts: Deception and Disguise in the Spiritual Journey17 Why Must God Show Himself in Disguise? An Exploration of Sufism wittin Farid Attar's "The Conference of the Birds" Rebekah Zwanzig Zwanzig, Rebekah 27318 Deception in Chinese Buddhist Thinking: Reflections from the Lotus Sutra and the Vimalakirti Sutra Anna Ghiglione Ghiglione, Anna 285Contributors 305Index 309
