The Shield Of Achilles And The Poetics Of Ekpharsis

Author : Andrew Sprague Becker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0847679977

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The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis by Andrew Sprague Becker Pdf

In The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis, Becker explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. Becker also enters into a fiercely raging literary debate about the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative.

Author : W. H. Auden
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691218656

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The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden Pdf

"The first critical edition of W. H. Auden's poetry collection The Shield of Achilles, which won the 1956 National Book Award in Poetry, this book will include the complete text of Auden's award-winning volume The Shield of Achilles, accompanied critical commentary by Alan Jacobs: a preface to provide historical and publishing context; a longer introduction to orient the reader to the poems themselves; and detailed notes on words or passages in need of clarification for contemporary readers. Jacobs, who has edited two previous critical editions of Auden's poetry, argues that this was the most important single collection of poems Auden published, and also the most coherent of his collections. The two poetic sequences, "Bucolics" and "Horae Canonicae," bookend a remarkable set of lyrics, with "The Shield of Achilles" itself at the heart. One of Auden's last long poems, it refers to moment in The Iliad in which Thetis, mother of Achilles, asks Hephaestus to forge a shield for her son. Auden re-imagines how the shield of Achilles would look in the modern age, when the rules of war and the role of the hero have been rewritten. While the volume was widely praised, it is now out of print (although the title poem is included in larger collections of Auden's poetry). A critical edition allows readers to better understand and appreciate one of Auden's most important later poetic works, written in what Jacobs describes as "a poetic idiom that differs quite significantly from what anyone else at the time was doing. . . . it is, in a vital sense, public poetry and it can be enjoyed, understood, and profited from. This edition is meant to make that enjoyment, understanding, and profit easier of access.""--

Author : Josef Hrdlička,Mariana Machová
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788024649399

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Things in Poems by Josef Hrdlička,Mariana Machová Pdf

In this volume, fifteen scholars and poets, from Austria, Britain, Czechia, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, and Russia, explore the topic of things and objects in poetry written in a number of different languages and in different eras. The book begins with ancient poetry, then moves on to demonstrate the significance of objects in the Chinese poetic tradition. From there, the focus shifts to things and objects in the poetry of the twentieth and the twenty-first century, examining the work of Czech, Polish, and Russian poets alongside other key figures such as Rilke, Francis Ponge, William Carlos Williams, and Paul Muldoon. Along the way, the reader gets an introduction to key terms and phrases that have been associated with things in the course of poetic history, such as ekphrasis, objective lyricism, and hyperobjects.

Author : Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9004129227

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Description in Classical Arabic Poetry by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi Pdf

This work deals with "wasf" or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the "qasidah" (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. It examines descriptive passages in a selected group of Arabic "qasidah" from different ages, with the motifs of horses, and bees and honey-gathering.

Author : James A. W. Heffernan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226323145

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Museum of Words by James A. W. Heffernan Pdf

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 that ekphrasis stages a battle for mastery between the image and the word. Moving from the epics of Homer, Virgil, and Dante to contemporary American poetry, this book treats the history of struggle between rival systems of representation. Readable and well illustrated, this study of how poets have represented painting and sculpture is a major contribution to our understanding of the relation between the arts.

Author : Horace Gregory
Publisher : New York, Harcourt, Brace [1944]
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCAL:B3386259

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The Shield of Achilles by Horace Gregory Pdf

Author : W. J. T. Mitchell,William John Thomas Mitchell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226532321

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Picture Theory by W. J. T. Mitchell,William John Thomas Mitchell Pdf

What precisely, W. J. T. Mitchell asks, are pictures (and theories of pictures) doing now, in the late twentieth century, when the power of the visual is said to be greater than ever before, and the "pictorial turn" supplants the "linguistic turn" in the study of culture? This book by one of America's leading theorists of visual representation offers a rich account of the interplay between the visible and the readable across culture, from literature to visual art to the mass media.

Author : Christopher Chinn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004498860

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Visualizing the Poetry of Statius by Christopher Chinn Pdf

Scholars have long noted the strikingly visual aspects of Statius’ poetry. This book advances our understanding of how these visual aspects work through intertextual analysis. In the Thebaid, for instance, Statius repeatedly presents “visual narratives” in the form of linked descriptive (or ekphrastic) passages. These narratives are subject to multiple forms visual interpretation inflected by the intertextual background. Similarly, the Achilleid activates particularly Roman conceptions of masculinity through repeated evocations of Achilles’ blush. The Silvae offer a diversity of modes of viewing that evoke Roman conceptions of gender and class.

Author : Corinne Ondine Pache
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1107027195

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The Cambridge Guide to Homer by Corinne Ondine Pache Pdf

From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures.

Author : Gabriele Rippl
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110393781

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Handbook of Intermediality by Gabriele Rippl Pdf

This handbook offers students and researchers compact orientation in their study of intermedial phenomena in Anglophone literary texts and cultures by introducing them to current academic debates, theoretical concepts and methodologies. By combining theory with text analysis and contextual anchoring, it introduces students and scholars alike to a vast field of research which encompasses concepts such as intermediality, multi- and plurimediality, intermedial reference, transmediality, ekphrasis, as well as related concepts such as visual culture, remediation, adaptation, and multimodality, which are all discussed in connection with literary examples. Hence each of the 30 contributions spans both a theoretical approach and concrete analysis of literary texts from different centuries and different Anglophone cultures.

Author : Maria-Eirini Panagiotidou
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031113130

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The Poetics of Ekphrasis by Maria-Eirini Panagiotidou Pdf

This book provides a stylistic and cognitive poetic account of ekphrastic poetry (poetry whose subject matter is predominantly artworks and images), examining the linguistic processes through which works of art can become literary objects. The author sheds light on the workings of ekphrasis at a textual level, while also considering the cognitive and psychological effects of reading ekphrastic poems, developing cognitive and stylistic analytical frameworks grounded on the four principles that govern ekphrasis: representation, narrativization, transposition, and collaboration. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in various fields, including literary critics, art critics, rhetoricians, poets, visual artists, and stylisticians.

Author : Niels Koopman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004375130

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Ancient Greek Ekphrasis: Between Description and Narration by Niels Koopman Pdf

In Ancient Greek Ekphrasis: Between Description and Narration Niels Koopman offers a thorough linguistic and narratological analysis of five canonical ancient Greek ekphraseis from the archaic to the Hellenistic period.

Author : Chris Erickson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441119230

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The Poetics of Fear by Chris Erickson Pdf

The Poetics of Fear looks at how fear is used for political purposes, focusing on the binary logic of 'this is the way things are, and there is nothing (else) you can do about it' -- a logic that underlies the realist tradition in international relations theory. The Shield of Achilles from Homer's Iliad is used as metaphorical analysis to look at what the politics of fear is, how it works, and how it can be resisted. It aims to provide a human response to human security matters. The work first shows how the Shield works to paralyze its audience. How can it be resisted? One response is to offer a warning about the hazards of bearing the Shield. After looking at thinkers such as Plato, Baudrillard, and Nietzsche, the work concludes with an examination of ekphrasis as a critical tool.With a unique and fresh perspective, The Poetics of Fear will be relevant to those interested in security studies and critical theoretical approaches to political science.

Author : K. P. Van Anglen
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474429672

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Call of Classical Literature in the Romantic Age by K. P. Van Anglen Pdf

Examines the role that cinema played in imagining Hong Kong and Taiwan's place in the world

Author : Ruth Webb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317145363

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Ekphrasis, Imagination and Persuasion in Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Practice by Ruth Webb Pdf

This is a study of ekphrasis, the art of making listeners and readers 'see' in their imagination through words alone, as taught in ancient rhetorical schools and as used by Greek writers of the Imperial period (2nd-6th centuries CE). The author places the practice of ekphrasis within its cultural context, emphasizing the importance of the visual imagination in ancient responses to rhetoric, poetry and historiography. By linking the theoretical writings on ekphrasis with ancient theories of imagination, emotion and language, she brings out the persuasive and emotive function of vivid language in the literature of the period. This study also addresses the contrast between the ancient and the modern definitions of the term ekphrasis, underlining the different concepts of language, literature and reader response that distinguish the ancient from the modern approach. In order to explain the ancient understanding of ekphrasis and its place within the larger system of rhetorical training, the study includes a full analysis of the ancient technical sources (rhetorical handbooks, commentaries) which aims to make these accessible to non-specialists. The concluding chapter moves away from rhetorical theory to consider the problems and challenges involved in 'turning listeners into spectators' with a particular focus on the role of ekphrasis within ancient fiction. Attention is also paid to texts that lie at the intersection of the modern and ancient definitions of ekphrasis, such as Philostratos' Imagines and the many ekphraseis of buildings and monuments to be found in Late Antique literature.