The Poetics of Description
Download or Read eBook The Poetics of Description PDF written by Janice Hewlett Koelb and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Janice Hewlett Koelb |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2006-12-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230601888 |
| ISBN-13 | : 023060188X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Poetics of Description by : Janice Hewlett Koelb
Book excerpt: This book tells a remarkable story that begins in classical antiquity with ecphrasis, the art of describing the world so vividly that the audience could become imaginative eyewitnesses, and the events that caused an ideal of immediacy to be transformed into nearly its opposite, a preoccupation with representation of representation.
