On Pictures and the Words that Fail Them

By James Elkins

Book Overview

In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, James Elkins argues against the assumption that images can be adequately described in words. In his view, words must always fail because pictures possess a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521571081
• ISBN13: 9780521571081
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"