Screen LibrarySpenser and literary pictorialism /
Focusing, framing, scanning the language of film and Gombrich's studies in the psychology of perception are used by John Bender to isolate pictorial effects and devices in literature. The theory that he proposes, grounded in his analysis of Spenser, "the painter of poets," discriminat...
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
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[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Focusing, framing, scanning the language of film and Gombrich's studies in the psychology of perception are used by John Bender to isolate pictorial effects and devices in literature. The theory that he proposes, grounded in his analysis of Spenser, "the painter of poets," discriminates between the descriptive and the pictorial in poetry.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(232pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400867240 |
| Index Number: | PR2364 |
| CLC: | I561.072 |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- FREQUENTLY CITED EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO. DESCRIPTION AND PICTORIALISM : FOCUSING -- CHAPTER THREE. THE VISUAL FIELD: FRAMING -- CHAPTER FOUR. LARGER SIGHTS: SCANNING -- CHAPTER FIVE. PICTORIAL VISION IN THE POETRY OF SPENSER -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |