‘With Courteous and Careful Eyes’: Eva Bourke’s Ekphrases

This article considers the function of ekphrasis – which can be defined as the verbal representation of a visual representation – in the work of Irish poet Eva Bourke. The visual arts have featured prominently across much of Bourke’s work, and her ekphrastic poems, which eschew the traditionally gen...

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Main Author: Megan Buckley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses 2014-03-01
Series:Estudios Irlandeses
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Online Access:http://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Megan_Buckley_9.pdf