Museum of words
the poetics of ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery
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Author
Publication
1993 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
62,250 words, Guess
Page Count
249 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1397039M
- ISBN-100226323137
- OCLC Control Number28212191
- OCLC Control Numbermuseumofwordspoe0000heff
- Library of Congress Control Number93004509
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- Goodreads3606121
- LibraryThing1097446
Classifications
- DDC809
- LCCPN56.E45 H44 1993
Description
Argues that ekphrasis stages a battle for mastery between the image and the word.
First Sentence
In recent years, the study of the relation between literature and the visual arts has become a major intellectual industry.
Subjects
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- Museum of words: the poetics of ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery
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