Wordsworth and Word-Preserving Arts Typographic Inscription, Ekphrasis and Posterity in the Later Work

By looking at the later Wordsworth's ekphrastic writings about visual art and his increased awareness of the printed dimension of his work, Simonsen calls attention to what is uniquely exciting about this neglected body of work, and argues that it complicates traditional understandings of Wordsworth based on his so-called Great Decade.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

PETER SIMONSEN received his PhD from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Southern Denmark.

Zusammenfassung

By looking at the later Wordsworth's ekphrastic writings about visual art and his increased awareness of the printed dimension of his work, Simonsen calls attention to what is uniquely exciting about this neglected body of work, and argues that it complicates traditional understandings of Wordsworth based on his so-called Great Decade.

Zusatztext

'Through sustained passages of subtle and often illuminating close textual reading, the visual and material nature of the later Wordsworth's ekphrastic and inscriptional poetry is disclosed.' - Francesca Cauchi, Philosophy Quarterly

Bericht

'Through sustained passages of subtle and often illuminating close textual reading, the visual and material nature of the later Wordsworth's ekphrastic and inscriptional poetry is disclosed.' - Francesca Cauchi, Philosophy Quarterly

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Simonsen, P. Simonsen, P Simonsen
• Verlag: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2016
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen
• EAN: 9781349357239
• ISBN: 978-1-349-35723-9
• Anzahl Seiten: 216
• Illustration: X, 216 p.
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 14 x 1.2 x 21.6 cm
• Themen: Europa, B, Kunstformen, Literaturwissenschaft: 1800 bis 1900, Fine Arts, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, ART / Criticism & Theory, Literature - Classics / Criticism, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Fine Art, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry and Poetics, European Literature, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Eighteenth-Century Literature, Literature, Modern—18th century, Fine arts: art forms, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, 18. Jahrhundert (ca. 1700 bis ca. 1799)