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Between present and past, visible and invisible, and sensation and idea, there is resonanceso philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty argued and so Jessica Wiskus explores in . Holding the poetry of Stphane Mallarm, the paintings of Paul Czanne, the prose of Marcel Proust, and the music of Claude Debussy under Merleau-Pontys phenomenological light, she offers innovative interpretations of some of these artists masterworks, in turn articulating a new perspective on Merleau-Pontys philosophy.More than merely recovering Merleau-Pontys thought, Wiskus thinks according to it. First examining these artists in relation to noncoincidenceas silence in poetry, depth in painting, memory in literature, and rhythm in musicshe moves through an array of their artworks toward some of Merleau-Pontys most exciting themes: our bodily relationship to the world and the dynamic process of expression. She closes with an examination of synesthesia as an intertwining of internal and external realms and a call, finally, for philosophical inquiry as a mode of artistic expression. Structured like a piece of music itself, offers new contexts in which to approach art, philosophy, and the resonance between them.