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- catalog 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.".
- catalog contributor b12185129.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206).".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "viii, 206 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "082042031X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "American university studies. Series IV, English language and literature, 0741-0700 ; vol. 158".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : P. Lang,".
- catalog subject "821.009 20".
- catalog subject "Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 Literary style.".
- catalog subject "Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 Technique.".
- catalog subject "Description (Rhetoric) History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Description (Rhetoric) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Description (Rhetoric)".
- catalog subject "Ekphrasis.".
- catalog subject "English language 20th century Rhetoric.".
- catalog subject "English language Style.".
- catalog subject "English poetry 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Larkin, Philip Literary style.".
- catalog subject "Larkin, Philip Technique.".
- catalog subject "PR605.S74 A37 1995".
- catalog subject "Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 Literary style.".
- catalog subject "Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 Technique.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Ravishing images : ekphrasis in the poetry and prose of William Wordsworth, W.H. Auden, and Philip Larkin / Katy Aisenberg.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".