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Focusing, framing, scanning--the language of film--and Gombrich's studies in the psychology of perception are used by John Bender to isolate pictorial effects and devices in literature. The theory that he proposes, grounded in his analysis of Spenser, "the painter of poets," discriminates between the descriptive and the pictorial in poetry. Origin



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. viii*FREQUENTLY CITED EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS, pg. x*CONTENTS, pg. xii*CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. DESCRIPTION AND PICTORIALISM : FOCUSING, pg. 32*CHAPTER THREE. THE VISUAL FIELD: FRAMING, pg. 68*CHAPTER FOUR. LARGER SIGHTS: SCANNING, pg. 105*CHAPTER FIVE. PICTORIAL VISION IN THE POETRY OF SPENSER, pg. 149*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 199*INDEX, pg. 211

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691619637, 978-0691619637
      ISBN10: 0691619638

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Focusing, framing, scanning--the language of film--and Gombrich's studies in the psychology of perception are used by John Bender to isolate pictorial effects and devices in literature. The theory that he proposes, grounded in his analysis of Spenser, "the painter of poets," discriminates between the descriptive and the pictorial in poetry. Origin



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. viii*FREQUENTLY CITED EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS, pg. x*CONTENTS, pg. xii*CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. DESCRIPTION AND PICTORIALISM : FOCUSING, pg. 32*CHAPTER THREE. THE VISUAL FIELD: FRAMING, pg. 68*CHAPTER FOUR. LARGER SIGHTS: SCANNING, pg. 105*CHAPTER FIVE. PICTORIAL VISION IN THE POETRY OF SPENSER, pg. 149*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 199*INDEX, pg. 211

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