On the lapidary style
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Riley, Denise
Date published
2017
Abstract
“The lapidary style” suggests a manner of writing that runs close to working a material—carving lettering into rock, cutting a gem into fine facets. Poised between the properties of the stone and of the jewel, this term holds the tensions of stone’s solidity and light’s refraction. This discussion will range over the curious nature of this style, its virtues of concision and incisiveness, and what it might say about the “materiality” of language. The “lapidary” shows us the profound implication of a gestural style with meaning.
Journal title
Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies
Volume
28
Issue
1
Publisher
Duke University Press
Place of publication
Durham, North Carolina
ISSN
1040-7391
eISSN
1527-1986
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