Summoning Pearl Harbor (Ekphrasis)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941701655 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Beginning with the photo album of a former Japanese kamikaze pilot, which is reproduced in this volume, Nemerov transports the reader into a different world through his engagement with the photographs and the construction of a narrative around them.Through its lyrical prose, Summoning Pearl Harbor expands what we traditionally associate with ekphrastic writing. Here, Nemerov’s constant awareness of the power of language to make an experienceseen or rememberedbecome real reminds us that great ekphrastic writing is at the heart of every effective description.. Tadayoshi Koga, 19 years old, had just crash-landed his Mitsubishi Zero airplane on the remote Aleutian island of Akutan. The kind of writing that can enliven a work of art is also the kind of writing that makes the past appear in vivid color and deep feeling. "Now he had time to think. It was June 1942, six months after Pearl Harbor"Summoning Pearl Harbor is famed art historian Alexander Nemerov’s mesmerizing display of linguistic force that redefines remembering.How do words make the past appear? In what way does the historian summon bygone events? What is this kind of remembering, and for whom do we recall the dead, or the past?In this highly original meditation on