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 to circumscribe that power with the authority of the word. Over the ages its practitioners have created a museum of words about real and imaginary paintings and sculptures.

In the first book ever to explore this museum, James Heffernan argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226323145
• ISBN13: 9780226323145
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"