Product Description: Though English has no word for the visual counterpart to literacy, Heffernan argues that the capacity to interpret pictures must be cultivated and deserves a name: picturacy. Using examples such as the pre-historic cave paintings of Lascaux, film versions of Frankenstein, the provocative photographs of Sally Mann, and the abstract canvases of Gerhard Richter, the volume illustrates how learning to decode the language of pictures resembles the process of learning to read...read more

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Product Description: Compares the common concerns and impulses behind the works of four artists and writers, and demonstrates that the verbal and visual sides of romanticism are parts of a coherent whole.

Product Description: Fourteen essays examine how the French Revolution has been represented in art, literature, and historical narratives from England, France, Germany, and the Caribbean.

Product Description: This collection of essays on works ranging from medieval illuminated manuscripts to the literature and Pop Art of our own time has a dual purpose. It aims not simply to make specific comparisons across the borderline between literature and the visual arts, but also to scrutinize the borderline itself, and specifically to question two basic assumptions...read more

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Product Description: Succinct, user-friendly, and positive in its approach, Writing: A Concise Handbook is the perfect companion for any writer, in college and beyond. Chapters including "Ten Ways to Invigorate Your Style" and "Correcting Common Errors" provide essential tools for making one's writing engaging, persuasive, and clear...read more