Wesley Trimpi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1131056 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wesley Trimpi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Trimpi |
| SIGNATURE | TRIMPI W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cambridge History Of Literary Criticism
Muses of One Mind
The Early Metaphorical Uses of Σκιαγραφια and Σκηνογραφια
Precise differentiations between the pictorial techniques referred to by the terms σκιαγραφία and σκηνογραφία in the fourth century b.c. have proved difficult to establish. The terms occur most often in illustrative metaphors which compare these techniques with restrictions or deficiencies in various disciplines such as metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, optics, ethics, rhetoric and poetry. It is difficult to judge, however, from the metaphor…
Horace's Ut Pictura Poesis
Horace opens his Ars poetica with several comparisons between the arts to illustrate the 'structural’ decorum which all unified works must share. Later, he develops an extended analogy between painting and poetry, introduced by the phrase ut pictura poesis , to illustrate the nature of the 'stylistic’ decorum necessary to please, and to continue to please, the critical reader. In an earlier essay entitled ‘The Meaning of Horace's Ut Pictura Poesi…
The Definition and Practice of Literary Studies
F ONE could converse with a text, ask it specific questions about its composition and meaning, and receive accurate replies in return, the discipline of literary studies could take less modest forms than the one I wish to propose here. It was observed by Plato that written composition very like painting; for the creatures of painting stand like living beings, but if one asks them a question, they preserve a solemn silence. And so it is with writt…
Plain Style, Plain Criticism, Plain Dealing, and Ben Jonson
Horace's Ut Pictura Poesis
Horace opens his Ars poetica with several comparisons between the arts to illustrate the 'structural’ decorum which all unified works must share. Later, he develops an extended analogy between painting and poetry, introduced by the phrase ut pictura poesis , to illustrate the nature of the 'stylistic’ decorum necessary to please, and to continue to please, the critical reader. In an earlier essay entitled ‘The Meaning of Horace's Ut Pictura Poesi…
Plain Style, Plain Criticism, Plain Dealing, and Ben Jonson
The Definition and Practice of Literary Studies
F ONE could converse with a text, ask it specific questions about its composition and meaning, and receive accurate replies in return, the discipline of literary studies could take less modest forms than the one I wish to propose here. It was observed by Plato that written composition very like painting; for the creatures of painting stand like living beings, but if one asks them a question, they preserve a solemn silence. And so it is with writt…
The Early Metaphorical Uses of Σκιαγραφια and Σκηνογραφια
Precise differentiations between the pictorial techniques referred to by the terms σκιαγραφία and σκηνογραφία in the fourth century b.c. have proved difficult to establish. The terms occur most often in illustrative metaphors which compare these techniques with restrictions or deficiencies in various disciplines such as metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, optics, ethics, rhetoric and poetry. It is difficult to judge, however, from the metaphor…
Horace's Ut Pictura Poesis
Horace opens his Ars poetica with several comparisons between the arts to illustrate the 'structural’ decorum which all unified works must share. Later, he develops an extended analogy between painting and poetry, introduced by the phrase ut pictura poesis , to illustrate the nature of the 'stylistic’ decorum necessary to please, and to continue to please, the critical reader. In an earlier essay entitled ‘The Meaning of Horace's Ut Pictura Poesi…
Muses of One Mind
The Cambridge History Of Literary Criticism
Art (6 works) · Literature (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Criticism (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)