I can't thank you enough—I have never been read so closely in my life. This would be a great book review even if it weren't about my book: a seamless braid of ekphrasis, appreciation, and critique.
Re: the latter, I won't succumb to the temptation to reply to any real or hypothetical "hostile critic," but I will say I agree entirely with your devil's advocacy.
Thank you! It’s a work that deserves a closer reading yet - so many other threads that I wanted to pick up on, but it risked turning into a thesis!
I can't thank you enough—I have never been read so closely in my life. This would be a great book review even if it weren't about my book: a seamless braid of ekphrasis, appreciation, and critique.
Re: the latter, I won't succumb to the temptation to reply to any real or hypothetical "hostile critic," but I will say I agree entirely with your devil's advocacy.