Museum of Words
Heffernan, James A.W.![Museum of Words](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/277/27763752/CHSBZCOP0327763752.jpg)
Ekphrastic poetry celebrates the power of the image as it tries to circumscribe that power with the authority of the word. From the epics of Homer, Virgil and Dante to contemporary American poetry, this book presents a history of struggle between rival systems of representation.