Museum of Words by James A W Heffernan
Ekphrasis is the art of describing works of art, the verbal representation of visual representation. Profoundly ambivalent, ekphrastic poetry celebrates the power of the silent image even as it tries to circumscribe that power with the authority of the word. Over the ages its practitioners have created a museum of words about real and imaginary paintings and sculptures. In the first book ever to explore this museum, James Heffernan argues that ekphrasis stages a battle for mastery between the image and the word. Moving from the epics of Homer, Virgil, and Dante to contemporary American poetry, this book treats the history of struggle between rival systems of representation. Readable and well illustrated, this study of how poets have represented painting and sculpture is a major contribution to our understanding of the relation between the arts.
Heffernan, James: - James A. Heffernan is relatively new to the writing scene, but his unique perspective on the nature of reality can enlighten and inspire all readers and provide them with the sense that there is much more to human existence than meets the eye. This is an existence that, Heffernan feels, is anything but banal and boring, as his work is designed to show. Heffernan studied physics and anthropology at the University of Utah, focusing especially on the foundations of the new physics on the one hand, and on the psychology of aboriginal hunter-gatherers on the other -- having hardly suspected that he would find meaningful parallels between the two. Along such lines, his first book was published titled: The Reality of Hunter-Gatherers. Heffernan is a very gifted writer and he posses the unique ability to make complex subjects simple. In all his writing, he writes from the soul, and hopes the reader appreciates the connection.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226323145 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226323145 |
| Title | Museum of Words |
| Author | James A W Heffernan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2004-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 257 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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