The ekphrastic encounter in contemporary British poetry and elsewhere - Kennedy, David 1959-2017 (Ashgate, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. The ekphrastic encounter -- pt. 2. The contemporary British ekphrastic poem -- pt. 3. Ekphrasis and the female -- pt. 4. Beyond painting -- pt. 5. Ekphrasis and creative writing
Examining a wide range of ekphrastic poems, Kennedy argues that contemporary British poets writing out of both mainstream and avant-garde traditions challenge established critical models of ekphrasis with work that is more complex than representational or counter-representational responses to paintings in museums and galleries