INVITATION
to attend a talk by
Prof. Victor Kennedy, Ph.D., J.D.
(University of Maribor, Slovenia)
“The Man with the Blue Guitar: Musical Metaphors in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens”
The lecture will be about intertextuality and liminality in Wallace Stevens's impressionist poem "The Man with the Blue Guitar." It will also discuss ekphrasis, adaptation, and Stevens's influence on twentieth-century poetry and other art forms
Bio:
Victor Kennedy is Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, and he has taught at the University of Toronto and Trent University, Ontario. His articles on visual and conceptual metaphor may be found in Metaphor and Symbol. He is currently working on metaphor in song lyrics and music. His most recent book, co-edited with Michelle Gadpaille, is entitled Words and Music.
The event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, June 14, 17 – 18:30 p.m.
SR 11.11, Heinrichstraße 36/I
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