La forme d’une ville : Watermark de Joseph Brodsky
This short study of Joseph Brodsky’s Watermark (1992) discusses the poet’s visions of Venice and how they translate into writing. Three notions play a crucial part in this writing process: fusion, sensation and abstraction. The ultimate aim of this paper is to show how, for Brodsky, writing about Ve...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Anglophonia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/acs/1474 |
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| Summary: | This short study of Joseph Brodsky’s Watermark (1992) discusses the poet’s visions of Venice and how they translate into writing. Three notions play a crucial part in this writing process: fusion, sensation and abstraction. The ultimate aim of this paper is to show how, for Brodsky, writing about Venice—or, more aptly put maybe—writing Venice, always revolves around the subtle combination of these three conceptual landmarks. |
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| ISSN: | 1278-3331 2427-0466 |