Reading Poetry offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to the art of reading poetry. Discussing more than 200 poems by more than 100 writers, the book introduces readers to the skills and the critical and theoretical awareness that enable them to read poetry with enjoyment and insight.
The book serves as a thorough guide to reading poetry, exploring over 200 poems from various cultures and eras, including ancient Greece and modern America. It emphasizes critical skills and theoretical insights, with updated content reflecting recent developments in poetry and criticism. New chapters cover 'world poetry' and 'eco-poetry,' while the structure leads readers through form, figurative language, and broader themes like intertextuality and ecological responses. Accompanied by workshop exercises and a glossary, it is ideal for individual study or academic use.
Festschrift für Peter M. Daly mit folgenden Beiträgen: Michael BATH: Inserts and Suppressions: Seventeenth-century Poetic Usage of the Term »Emblem« – Pedro F. CAMPA: Heraldry, Insignia, and the Rise of the Russian Emblem – Peter DAVIDSON: The Inscribed House – G. Richard DIMLER: Current Jesuit Emblem Studies: An Overview – Wolfgang HARMS: Einige Embleme Julius Wilhelm Zincgrefs als Basis für Hybridisierung verbaler Emblemteile – Karl Josef HÖLTGEN: The Ruler Between Two Columns: Political Iconography from Emperor Charles V to William of Orange – Sabine MÖDERSHEIM: Text als Bild – Bild als Text, Figurgedicht und Emblematik – Daniel S. RUSSELL: The Ornamental Image: Memory, Decoration and Emblems – Mary SILCOX: Death and Identity in Geffrey Whitney's Emblemes – Alan R. YOUNG: Ophelia in the Eighteenth-century Visual Arts.
This study is the first to examine the iconography of the stag in Medieval and Renaissance culture, offering insights into its representation in art. It explores various discrete images and ideas while situating them within a broader symbolic framework. Focusing on paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and ceremonial icons, the book highlights how the symbolic meanings of the stag evolved, particularly through Renaissance emblem books. Part One delves into secular traditions, emphasizing the stag's association with longevity and its role in courtly iconography as a symbol of dynastic continuity and imperial renewal. Part Two discusses key biblical and patristic texts that shaped the stag's significance in Christian art, linking it to themes of life-giving waters, baptism, and saints' legends. The final chapter examines the integration of medieval symbols in Renaissance emblematics, notably in Petrarchan Trionfi illustrations, hieroglyphics, and emblem books. The book presents new interpretations of significant artworks, including the Très riches heures, the Wilton Diptych, and the Westminster Abbey Cosmati Pavement. As a definitive reference, it provides essential documentation of various important motifs in Western art, enriching our understanding of the stag's multifaceted role across these cultural periods.