Ekphrasis as an Analytical Mode in Biography
Finding Vida Lahey's Romantic “Character”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12180349 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Lovell (Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 272-295 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | a/b Auto/Biography Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0898-9575 • E-ISSN: 2151-7290 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08989575.2013.10846830 |
| OpenAlex | W4239898917 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper studies the earliest known extant work by Vida Lahey, Souvenir of the West Coast, as a means for the biographer to imagine how her character may be better understood through it. After outlining biography's epistemological terrain, I argue that the hybridity of biographical narrative lends itself to ekphrasis as biographical method. With a keen awareness of W. J. Mitchell's recognition that ekphrasis is a relationship of power, knowledge, and desire in the field of representation, an image from Souvenir is then used to test the method-related argument and demonstrate Lahey's Romantic character
Art · Biography · Character (mathematics · Literature · Mode (computer interface · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism · Computer Science · Mathematics · Psychology · Spanish Literature and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |