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The muse in chains: Keats, Durer, and the politics of form. (poet John Keats and engraver Albrecht Durer)

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From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Date: 19940922
Author:Scott, Grant F.

A counter-pointing of John Keats' poem 'If by Dull Rhymes' and Albrecht Durer's etching 'Man Drawing a Reclining Woman,' in the context of Foucault's theory of power, reveals the preoccupation of both these works with gender roles and scientific enquiry. Durer uses the wood engraving to draw connections between aggressive masculinity and scientific enquiry and passive femininity and imprisonment. Keats' departure from the strict structure of the sonnet can be read as a challenge of female objectification.

With that, Medusa's ugly head he drew, His owne reversed. Forthwith, Atlas grew Into a ...

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