Twentieth-century poetry and the visual arts
By: Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780521887953
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Art and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Art and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Ekphrasis
Description: "The emergence of photography and film in the twentieth century helped to create a shift from a culture of words to a culture of images. Since then, the question of how literature engages the visual arts has become a key question for literary studies. This extended treatment of the poetic representation of visual art examines a wide range of figures, from W. B. Yeats and Marianne Moore to Anne Sexton and Ted Hughes. Elegantly and persuasively written, the study also contains a rich sample of images that allows readers to see the same works these poets were addressing. By investigating the complex, changing relations between twentieth-century poetry, visual art and audience, it considers the way in which poetic responses to visual art place the lyric firmly within the social world. For those interested in the interplay between poetry and visual art, this will be essential reading."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The engaging eye: ekphrasis and twentieth-century poetry; title: Private lives in public places: Yeats and Durcan in Dublin's galleries; title: In Auden's 'Musée'; title: Women looking: the feminist ekphrasis of Marianne Moore and Adrienne Rich; title: Ekphrasis in conversation: Anne Sexton and W.D. Snodgrass on Van Gogh; title: Ekphrasis in collaboration: Ted Hughes's and Leonard Baskin's cave birds: an alchemical cave drama; title: Ekphrasis in the book: Rita Dove's African American museum.