Reading List
Summary:
I have chosen to use the concepts of the sublime and ekphrasis as my guiding terms because these concepts have always been of interest to me throughout my time as an English major. I think the concept of describing visual art in poetry and literature as a whole is interesting given that it provides a metaphysical analysis of art, forcing the reader to find what terms and literary elements help depict an image. A lot of ekphrasis that has always intrigued me is how visual art can inspire other artists and transcend their work. I have noticed that particularly in the Romantic Era, many poetic works involved ekphrasis. Poems of Coleridge and Wordsworth took inspiration from separate forms of visual art and involved ekphrasis to illuminate a deeper meaning that could not be achieved without the device. Currently, I am interested in studying ekphrasis in the Romantic Era, involving concepts of the sublime and how these sensory devices worked with create deeper meanings in poetry. I am still looking for a journal to use, and once I find one, I plan to use it in conversation with my reading list, applying an aesthetic lens.
Key Terms:
- Sublime
- Ekphrasis
3-5 Secondary or Theoretical Works:
Carelse, Michael. “Unique Forms of Ekphrasis: The Keepsake and the Illustrative Poetry of the Literary Annuals.” Victorian Poetry, vol. 61, no. 3, Sept. 2023, pp. 301–35. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1353/vp.2023.a915653.
Burwick, F. (1996). Ekphrasis and the Mimetic Crisis of Romanticism. In Icons, texts, iconotexts : essays on ekphrasis and intermediality / (pp. 78–104). W. de Gruyter. PeterWagner_1996_EkphrasisandtheMimeti_Icons-Texts-Iconotext.pdf
Toikkanen, Jarkko. “Intermedial Experience and Ekphrasis in Wordsworth’s ‘Slumber.’” Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas, vol. 17, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 107–24. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=821eba48-1748-376a-852e-c144d95235cc. https://research.ebsco.com/c/rd5flh/viewer/pdf/afzyz3xjwj