Baudelaire's Ironic Lighthouse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Yee (0000-0001-5191-5655), Jennifer C Yee (0000-0001-9481-7123, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 160 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-53 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2022.160.2.31 |
| OpenAlex | W4312764549 |
| Language | EN |
Visual interpretation can offer a means of critical exegesis, as demonstrated in this article, which proposes a reading of Charles Baudelaire's poem "L'Irrémédiable" via a series of original drawings, in a process of reverse ekphrasis. "L'Irrémédiable" is read as both an ekphrastic, antimodern poem exploring a series of old-fashioned emblems and a radical step toward iconicity in which the shape of the poem gives spatial expression to the ironic beacon of self-awareness
Art · Art history · Emblem · Exegesis · Iconicity · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · French Literature and Poetry · Literary Analysis and Cultural Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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