Wordsworth and Word-Preserving Arts
Typographic Inscription, Ekphrasis and Posterity in the Later Work
Published on 4. February 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 216 pages
978-1-349-35723-9 (ISBN)
Description
By looking at the later Wordsworth's ekphrastic writings about visual art and his increased awareness of the printed dimension of his work, Simonsen calls attention to what is uniquely exciting about this neglected body of work, and argues that it complicates traditional understandings of Wordsworth based on his so-called Great Decade.
Reviews / Votes
'Through sustained passages of subtle and often illuminating close textual reading, the visual and material nature of the later Wordsworth's ekphrastic and inscriptional poetry is disclosed.' - Francesca Cauchi, Philosophy Quarterly
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Edition
1st ed. 2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
X, 216 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-35723-9 (9781349357239)
DOI
10.1057/9780230590748
Schweitzer Classification
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P. Simonsen
Wordsworth and Word-Preserving Arts
Typographic Inscription, Ekphrasis and Posterity in the Later Work
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01/2007
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
PETER SIMONSEN received his PhD from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Southern Denmark.
Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Return of the Visible and Romantic Ekphrasis: Wordsworth in the Visual Art Culture of Romanticism Typographic Inscription: The Art of 'Word-Preserving' in Wordsworth's Later Inscriptions 'If Mine Had Been the Painter's Hand': Wordsworth's Collaboration with Sir George Beaumont The Sonnet as Visual Poetry: Italics in 'After-Thought' The Book of Ekphrasis: Yarrow Revisited, And Other Poems 'The Marble Index of a Mind': Frontispiece Portraiture and the Image of Late Wordsworth Bibliography Index