Overview
- Explores the benefits of studying ekphrasis using stylistic and cognitive frameworks
- Provides a historical overview of ekphrasis, considering its various disciplinary interpretations
- Proposes that ekphrastic poems are motivated by four principles present in varying degrees within a given poem
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This book provides a stylistic and cognitive poetic account of ekphrastic poetry (poetry whose subject matter is predominantly artworks and images), examining the linguistic processes through which works of art can become literary objects. The author sheds light on the workings of ekphrasis at a textual level, while also considering the cognitive and psychological effects of reading ekphrastic poems, develo** cognitive and stylistic analytical frameworks grounded on the four principles that govern ekphrasis: representation, narrativization, transposition, and collaboration. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in various fields, including literary critics, art critics, rhetoricians, poets, visual artists, and stylisticians.
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Reviews
“Poetics of Ekphrasis is a deeply satisfying read and a remarkable achievement in cognitive poetics, multimodal studies, and literary scholarship at large. By develo** and applying a holistic, eclectic, and rigorous framework to a wealth of canonical and less known poems, Panagiotidou’s work invites the reader to embark on a discovery journey that unearths the rich ramifications of the alliance between the verbal and the visual.”
— Dr. Davide Castiglione, Associate Professor of Stylistics at Vilnius University, Lithuania
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Maria-Eirini Panagiotidou is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her research interests and publications lie in the areas of literary linguistics, cognitive poetics, and iconicity. Her current research focuses on cognitive approaches to ekphrastic poetry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Poetics of Ekphrasis
Book Subtitle: A Stylistic Approach
Authors: Maria-Eirini Panagiotidou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11313-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11312-3Published: 27 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11315-4Published: 27 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11313-0Published: 25 November 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 267
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Stylistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Poetry and Poetics, Fine Arts, Aesthetics