Q: “This interdependence has been reinforced in the modern period, as both poetry
and painting (as well as many of the other arts) have become more self-conscious
and self-reflexive. Bryan Wolf has observed this self-reflexiveness throughout the
literature and art of the nineteenth century, as writers and artists became more
aware of the “techniques” and conventions of their repective arts” (Moramarco 25)
C: Moramarco talks about how there is a self-reflexiveness between literature and art in the nineteenth century— referring to a growing awareness of one another in each of the respective disciplines. I think it’s interesting that this awareness begets the inspiration/forwarding we see in the mourning picture and associated poem. I think this helps to answer some questions about the context of art, but in the same way that I cannot look to deeply into the Roman a clef of the Bell Jar to see an exact depiction of Plath’s life, I think there are limits on how much we can use poetry to interpret painting and vice versa.
Q: When does forwarding become repetitive?
