Ravishing images : ekphrasis in the poetry and prose of William Wordsworth, W.H. Auden, and Philip Larkin

Ravishing images : ekphrasis in the poetry and prose of William Wordsworth, W.H. Auden, and Philip Larkin / Katy Aisenberg.

Author/creator	Aisenberg, Katy, 1961-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : P. Lang, ©1995.
Description	viii, 206 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Technique. Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Technique. Larkin, Philip--Technique. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Literary style. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Literary style. Wordsworth, William. Larkin, Philip--Literary style. Larkin, Philip. English poetry--20th century --History and criticism. Description (Rhetoric)--History --19th century. Description (Rhetoric)--History --20th century. English language--20th century --Rhetoric. Ekphrasis.

Series	American university studies. Series IV, English language and literature, 0741-0700 ; v. 158 American university studies. Series IV, English language and literature ; v. 158. ^A194807
Contents	Ch. 1. The Rhetoric of Transparency: The Poetry and Prose of W.H. Auden -- Ch. 2. The Tyranny of the Eye: The Poetry and Prose of William Wordsworth -- Ch. 3. The Open Coffin: The Poetry and Prose of Philip Larkin.
Abstract	This major study of Wordsworth, Auden, and Larkin proposes that we read the history of contemporary poetry as the history of a war between words and images. This book argues that the desire for transparent clear poetry, in the 19th and 20th centuries, led poets to try to appropriate the powers of the image: the main trope they used was ekphrasis, a written description of a work of art. But the relationship between the arts was less a marriage than a rape. These poets feared the wordless power of the other they described. They narcissistically created these images with the rhetoric of possession, domination, violence, or entombment.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206).
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	93035582
ISBN	0820420328 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780820420325 (alk. paper)
ISBN	082042031X
ISBN	9780820420318

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR605.S74 A37 1995	✔ Available	Place Hold