The Glass Figure: Prosopopeia and Mourning in André Kertész's Polaroids

• Camacho, Sandra ^[1]
  1. [1] ICNOVA
• Localización: Revista 2i: Estudos de identidade e intermedialidade, ISSN-e 2184-7010, Vol. 4, Nº. 6, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Prosopopoeia today: Poetics and politics), págs. 45-53
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this article, I propose to examine how prosopopoeia might be identified in some of André Kertész’s final photographic works, not only in the recourse of a glass figurine, that stood-in for his late-wife, Elizabeth, but also through the analysis of his choice of medium, the Polaroid: an image that holds a distinct material existence, small enough to share, and captivating in its instant development before one’s eyes. Additionally, I will consider the association of prosopopoeia and death, as a literary figure that gives voice to those that have lost it, but also in the very mourning process for Kertész.