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Alternate Media Representations of “La Belle Dame sans Merci”
Through time, literary works have been presented through media other than the traditional written word. After reading “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” examine the paintings and music that the poem inspired.
- Which media do you think best expresses Keats’s poem?
- Do the visual and auditory interpretations inspire or limit you
vision of “La Belle Dame sans Merci”?
Image 1
http://www.css.edu/USERS/phagen/hon4777pr/cowperbelle.jpg
Image 2
http://www.shawart.com/images/works/2001/La%20Belle%20Dame.jpg
Image 3
http://art.pro.tok2.com/C/Crane/cra01.jpg
Image 4
http://artmaster.51.net/hughes/works_b/La%20Belle%20Dame%20Sans%20Merci.jpg
Image 5
http://ew2.lysator.liu.se/pic/art/p/e/peters/labelledame.jpg
Image 6
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/image-renzo/images/belle-dame-sans-merci.jpg
Image 7
http://www.digitalart.ab.ca/art/symbolism/images/belle-dame-sans-merci.jpg
Auditory Clip
- Follow the link below to GarageBand.com where you can
listen to Paisley Close's song "La Belle Dame sans Merci." To
hear the music, click on the play button
on
the website.
http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkZFWxa2tzW9g2dkTObZt0DIfU