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Author Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Title This is not a pipe / Michel Foucault ; with ill. and letters by René Magritte ; translated and edited by James Harkness
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [1983]
©1983

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Description x, 66 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Series Quantum books
Quantum books.
Contents Translator's introduction -- Two pipes -- The unraveled calligram -- Klee, Kandinsky, Magritte -- Burrowing words -- Seven seals of affirmation -- Nonaffirmative painting -- Two letters by René Magritte
Summary What does it mean to write 'this is not a pipe' across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? René Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault
Analysis Belgian paintings Magritte, René
Belgian paintings Magritte, René - Critical studies
Notes Includes index
Translation of Ceci nʼest pas une pipe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-63) and index
Notes Translation of Ceci n'est pas une pipe
In OKS Print
Subject Magritte, René, 1898-1967
Magritte, René, 1898-1967.
Magritte, René, 1898-1967
SUBJECT Magritte, René / Der Verrat der Bilder
Subject Art -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, French -- 20th century.
Author Harkness, James, 1864-1923.
LC no. 80026627
ISBN 0520042328
0520049160
9780520042322
9780520049161
Other Titles Ceci n'est pas une pipe. English
This is not a pipe