As an ekphrastic poem re-created from the painting Coronation of the Virgin,“Fra Lippo Lippi”lacks adequate scrutiny from the perspective of interart poetics.With regards to the core concept of ekphrasis,this paper ...As an ekphrastic poem re-created from the painting Coronation of the Virgin,“Fra Lippo Lippi”lacks adequate scrutiny from the perspective of interart poetics.With regards to the core concept of ekphrasis,this paper makes an in-depth analysis of the features and functions of ekphrasis in the poem.The former lie in the poet’s identification with the painter,and his imaginative supplementation in“the verbal representation of visual representation”.The latter are embodied in the revelation of the invisible in the painting,namely,the desires and value of human beings,as well as the power of beauty and truth.Browning enriches the poem with both philosophical and artistic contemplation,thus strongly conveying the thematic implications of“know thyself”and the persistent pursuit of beauty and truth.It is hoped that this study can shed some light on the studies of Robert Browning and the poem itself,and contribute to the development of the interart poetics.展开更多
C.S.Giscombe's Giscombe Road and Nikky Finney's Rice are arguably book-length poems that construct an environmental consciousness through the lens of Black identity.Of importance in each is the use of material...C.S.Giscombe's Giscombe Road and Nikky Finney's Rice are arguably book-length poems that construct an environmental consciousness through the lens of Black identity.Of importance in each is the use of material culture-maps,encyclopedia entries,schematic illustrations,and photographs-to construct the texts.Finney's work tends to use photographs as supplements to her work,that is as illustrations which are intended to humanize against the grain of anti-Blackness;however,the materials in Giscombe's collection are parts of a whole,not supplements,but quoted texts albeit utilizing a different visual modality.While there is a distinction between their use of material culture,Finney and Giscombe nonetheless create eco-graphies-autobiographies that situate and map oneself in a history of ecologies.展开更多
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文摘As an ekphrastic poem re-created from the painting Coronation of the Virgin,“Fra Lippo Lippi”lacks adequate scrutiny from the perspective of interart poetics.With regards to the core concept of ekphrasis,this paper makes an in-depth analysis of the features and functions of ekphrasis in the poem.The former lie in the poet’s identification with the painter,and his imaginative supplementation in“the verbal representation of visual representation”.The latter are embodied in the revelation of the invisible in the painting,namely,the desires and value of human beings,as well as the power of beauty and truth.Browning enriches the poem with both philosophical and artistic contemplation,thus strongly conveying the thematic implications of“know thyself”and the persistent pursuit of beauty and truth.It is hoped that this study can shed some light on the studies of Robert Browning and the poem itself,and contribute to the development of the interart poetics.
文摘C.S.Giscombe's Giscombe Road and Nikky Finney's Rice are arguably book-length poems that construct an environmental consciousness through the lens of Black identity.Of importance in each is the use of material culture-maps,encyclopedia entries,schematic illustrations,and photographs-to construct the texts.Finney's work tends to use photographs as supplements to her work,that is as illustrations which are intended to humanize against the grain of anti-Blackness;however,the materials in Giscombe's collection are parts of a whole,not supplements,but quoted texts albeit utilizing a different visual modality.While there is a distinction between their use of material culture,Finney and Giscombe nonetheless create eco-graphies-autobiographies that situate and map oneself in a history of ecologies.