Museum of Words: The Poetics of Ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery

by James A.W. Heffernan

Book Overview

Ekphrasis is the art of describing works of art, the verbal representation of visual representation. Profoundly ambivalent, ekphrastic poetry celebrates the power of the silent image even as it tries... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226323137
• ISBN13: 9780226323138
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"