Not the whole picture : Browning's "unconquerable shade"

Author

Maxwell, Catherine

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1992, Num. 4, Vol. 8, 322-332

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Examines notions of seeing and picturing central to Robert Browning's poem My Last Duchess, and relates them to methods of imaginative pictorial composition described in the art theory of Alexander Cozens. Also mentions the theoretical and philosophical writings of Ruskin and Burke in this context.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United Kingdom
• Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
• My last duchess
• Poetry
• Art theory
• Great Britain
• Cozens, Alexander, 1717-1786
• 1700-1800
• Sight

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Royaume-Uni
• Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
• My last duchess
• Poésie
• Théorie de l'art
• Grande-Bretagne
• Cozens, Alexander, 1717-1786
• 1700-1800
• Vue

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930701-00370135

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