Le visuel et le figural dans Leaves of Grass

The present study analyses Walt Whitman’s visual poetics. The poet tries to paint himself as a seer more than as a sayer. Colour, in this regard, enables him to invest signifiers with a new strength and tentatively make the reader fully participate in a language experiment aiming to take poetry away...

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Main Author: Athenot, Éric
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: 2005
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Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:The present study analyses Walt Whitman’s visual poetics. The poet tries to paint himself as a seer more than as a sayer. Colour, in this regard, enables him to invest signifiers with a new strength and tentatively make the reader fully participate in a language experiment aiming to take poetry away from mimesis to bring it closer to methexis (participation).