TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Imagery and Poetry
AU - Liu, Michelle
N1 - © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Aesthetics. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1093/jaac/kpac052
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - Poetry evokes mental imagery in its readers. But how is mental imagery precisely related to poetry? This article provides a systematic treatment. It clarifies two roles of mental imagery in relation to poetry—as an effect generated by poetry and as an efficient means for understanding and appreciating poetry. The article also relates mental imagery to the discussion on the ‘heresy of paraphrase’. It argues against the orthodox view that the imagistic effects of poetry cannot be captured by prosaic paraphrase, but points to features of poetry that can shape aspects of mental imagery that are liable to be lost in paraphrase.
AB - Poetry evokes mental imagery in its readers. But how is mental imagery precisely related to poetry? This article provides a systematic treatment. It clarifies two roles of mental imagery in relation to poetry—as an effect generated by poetry and as an efficient means for understanding and appreciating poetry. The article also relates mental imagery to the discussion on the ‘heresy of paraphrase’. It argues against the orthodox view that the imagistic effects of poetry cannot be captured by prosaic paraphrase, but points to features of poetry that can shape aspects of mental imagery that are liable to be lost in paraphrase.
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U2 - 10.1093/jaac/kpac052
DO - 10.1093/jaac/kpac052
M3 - Article
SN - 1540-6245
VL - 81
SP - 24
EP - 34
JO - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
JF - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
IS - 1
ER -