Enigmatic Epistolarity
Twombly's Letter of Resignation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4772808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Schwenger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 73-89 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mosaic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-1276 • E-ISSN: 1925-5683 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mos.2017.a668729 |
| OpenAlex | W2751214243 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Looking at first merely like 38 scribbled pages, Cy Twombly's Letter of Resignation shows how writing's essence, as Roland Barthes argues, is most evident when it is illegible. The series illuminates letter-writing as a process; writing's relation to drawing; and the way the hand's traces reveal the emotions that impelled it
Relation (database) · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Computer Science · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |