Picturing Divinity in John Donne's Writings

A new approach to the visual arts in the work of John Donne

List of contents

Introduction: Verbal and Visual Art
Making and breaking images
Donne's knowledge of art
Dr. Donne's art gallery
Iconoclasm and anxiety in Donne's poetry
1. Shadows
Portraits of Donne
"His Picture"
The picture in the heart
Likeness
2. Art and the Apophatic
The "well-made and well-placed picture"
The sculptor and the statue
The red glasse
The "curious masterpeece" and the Imago Dei
3. Annunciation: Representing the Unrepresentable
"In little roome": the circumscription of the divine
The Incarnate Word
Swerving away from ekphrasis
"A circle... whose first and last concurre"
4. Crucifixion
Negative theology and "The Crosse"
The Deus Absconditus and the Cross in Donne's Good Friday Poem
The "Picture of Christ crucified"
5. Judgement
Resurrection. Imperfect.
The face of God in the Holy Sonnets
Imagined corners
Vision and Revision
Ut pictura poesis
Conclusion

About the author

Kirsten Stirling

Summary

A new approach to the visual arts in the work of John Donne

Product details

• Authors: Kirsten Stirling, Professor Kirsten Stirling
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781843847076
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-707-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 344 g
• Illustrations: 6 colour illus.
• Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history