In the knowledge of his eventual death
Does "in the knowledge of his eventual death" mean " Lewis Payne's knowledge of his own execution and death" or "Roland Barthes's knowledge of Lewis Payne's execution and death"?
Context:
In his infamous book on photography, Camera Lucida, confronting a photograph of assassin Lewis Payne alive before execution in the knowledge of his eventual death, Roland Barthes looks into the eyes of a dead man, and it is this which generates for him the uncanny frisson between the dead and the living.
Top answer
It is not clear, but it seems to mean "Lewis Payne's knowledge of his own execution and death".
- It is not clear, but it seems to mean "Lewis Payne's knowledge of his own execution and death".
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It is not clear, but it seems to mean "Lewis Payne's knowledge of his own execution and death".
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