How Poets See the World : the Art of Description in Contemporary Poetry.

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Although readers of prose fiction sometimes find descriptive passages superfluous or boring, description itself is often the most important aspect of a poem. This book examines how a variety of contemporary poets use description in their work. Description has been the great burden of poetry. How do...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spiegelman, Willard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Temas:
1900-1999
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Vision in literature.
Description (Rhetoric) > History > 20th century.
Art and literature > United States.
Visual perception in literature.
Landscapes in literature.
Nature in literature.
Art in literature.
Ekphrasis.
Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Vision dans la littérature.
Discours descriptif > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Art et littérature > États-Unis.
Perception visuelle dans la littérature.
Paysages dans la littérature.
Nature dans la littérature.
Art dans la littérature.
ekphrasis.
American poetry
Art and literature
Art in literature
Description (Rhetoric)
Ekphrasis
Landscapes in literature
Nature in literature
Vision in literature
Visual perception in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ONE: "The Way Things Look Each Day": Poetry, Description, Nature; TWO: "Just Looking": Charles Tomlinson and the "Labour of Observation"; THREE: What to Make of an Augmented Thing: Amy Clampitt's Syntactic Dramas; FOUR: Charles Wright and "The Metaphysics of the Quotidian"; FIVE: "A Space for Boundless Revery": Varieties of Ekphrastic Experience; SIX: John Ashbery's Haunted Landscapes; SEVEN: Jorie Graham's "New Way of Looking"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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