On marvellous things heard
By: by Gretchen E. Henderson; introduction by G.C. Waldrep
Contributors: Waldrap, G. C.
Publisher: Green Lantern Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Essays; Triptychs; Art in literature; Music in literature
Other titles: On marvelous things seen and heard
Description: Derived formally from Aristotle's Minor Work of the same title, my variation of "On Marvellous Things [Seen and] Heard" explores a range of literary appropriations of art and music, in terms of translation and metamorphosis. Part investigation, part inventory, and part invention (in the musical sense: a composition in simple counterpoint), this dissertation indirectly assays the narrating subject as she directly assays literatures that presume to speak, and not speak, of sounds and silences. Structured as a triptych (I. Critical Introductions, II. Creative Body, III. Critical Conclusions), three essays serve to frame the hybrid Galerie de Difformité at the collection's core. Adhering to natural processes of deformation and reformation, "On Marvellous Things Seen and Heard" draws upon a variety of disciplines and approaches, including museum studies, art history, disability studies, and music. In the vein of the "open work" (to borrow Umberto Eco's term), this critical and creative collection straddles literary genres to challenge their boundaries.
Notes: Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 26, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references, p. 70-86.