Poetics of the iconotext
By: Liliane Louvel ; edited by Karen Jacobs and Laurence Petit and translated by Laurence Petit
Contributors: Jacobs, Karen, 1961-; Petit, Laurence
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781409400318; 9781409431169
Subjects: Visual perception in literature; Intertextuality; Art and literature; English literature; Imagery (Psychology) in literature; Paragone (Aesthetics); History and criticism
Notes: Translation of L'Oeil du texte and Texte/Images: images à lire, textes à voir.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is an image?; title: The infinite dialogue between text and image; title: Modes of insertion of the pictorial I: narrative figures of the pictorial image; title: Modes of insertion of the pictorial II: from text to iconotext: degrees of pictorial saturation; title: Modes of insertion of the pictorial III: functions of the image: a pragmatics of the iconotext; title: Variations on the pictorial; title: Beyond the paragone: towards a poetics of pictorial rhythm.