Lots of Writing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4375591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mieke Bal (0009-0007-5483-3218, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1773205 |
| OpenAlex | W2320312807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Lot(s) of writing happen(s) in the Book of Esther, and writing is where words and images converge, where the visual and the verbal, fate and agency, Providence and plotting come together. In this article I grapple with visual and verbal representations of self-reflexion in the story of Esther, as depicted in the Scroll of Esther and in two paintings by Rembrandt. The paintings are used as a gloss on the Book of Esther and interpretations thereof, and Esther's feast is presented as a feast of writing, with its relation to Purim revealed in the tension between writing and randomness, agency and luck, or lot
Art · Epistemology · Literature · Luck · Painting · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Development, Ethics, and Society · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |