1st Edition
Anamorphic Distortion in Literature, Visual Art and Film
Introduction Chapter 1. A Forming Anew Chapter 2. Distorted Registers Chapter 3. The Tangential Clairvoyant Chapter 4. Anagrammatic Encryption Conclusion
Biography
Tony Fabijančić is a Professor of English at the School of Arts and Social Science, Grenfell Campus at Memorial University, Canada. His other books are Drink in the Summer: A Memoir of Croatia, Bosnia: in the Footsteps of Gavrilo Princip, and Croatia: Travels in Undiscovered Country.
"In Anamorphic Distortion in Literature, Visual Art and Film, TONY FABIJANČIĆ discusses the hidden view of anamorphosis – forms of distortion or a reforming – in a range of literature, art and film, ranging between theory and practice and bringing a comparative perspective that should help the reader see anew and find different angles of insight and interpretation."
--Jonathan Locke Hart, Harvard University/University of Toronto, Canada
Anamorphic Distortion in Literature, Visual Art and Film is a welcome alternative engagement for thinking about theories of reading, interpretation, and meaning making. The book’s conceptual foundation animates ‘reading’ as perceptual encounter and discovery beyond conventional conditioning. Tony Fabijančić defines and then applies anamorphic modes of perception (writ large) across a range of aesthetic objects in order to unsettle and reposition established valuations. When familiar works are studied from this new perspective, they render up ‘secrets’ which the viewer then unlocks through the exploratory practice of close attention and receptivity to new interpretations.
-- Anett K. Jessop, The University of Texas at Tyler, USA
