Guy Davenport: The Geography of the Imagination

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Define what Davenport means by “gothic,” “classical,” and “arabesque,” using your own examples to supplement your definitions.

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Locate a reproduction of Grant Woods’s painting American Gothic. Then explore Davenport’s analysis of this work based on your own response to the painting. To what extent does Davenport help you to see more than you would otherwise?

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Consider a work of the imagination that you admire—a piece of writing, an artwork, a musical composition. Carefully analyze the work to suggest its complex “geography.”

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