Clive Scott is Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and has published several books on French poetry, including The Poetics of French Poetry (1998).

In this excellent study, Scott argues that while language is deemed crucial to the interpretation of photography, we have insufficient information about how language is used in relation to various photographic genres . . . Readers interested in photography, film, postmodernism, and the nature of narrative itself will find Scott&#39s book captivating, and, at times, positively breathtaking. - British Journal of AestheticsThe Spoken Image displays its author&#39s deep knowledge of a wide range of literature on meaning and photography, and the book is well produced and illustrated. - Times Higher Education

Clive Scott is Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and has published several books on French poetry, including The Poetics of French Poetry (1998).

In this excellent study, Scott argues that while language is deemed crucial to the interpretation of photography, we have insufficient information about how language is used in relation to various photographic genres . . . Readers interested in photography, film, postmodernism, and the nature of narrative itself will find Scott&#39s book captivating, and, at times, positively breathtaking. - British Journal of AestheticsThe Spoken Image displays its author&#39s deep knowledge of a wide range of literature on meaning and photography, and the book is well produced and illustrated. - Times Higher Education

Clive Scott is Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and has published several books on French poetry, including The Poetics of French Poetry (1998).

In this excellent study, Scott argues that while language is deemed crucial to the interpretation of photography, we have insufficient information about how language is used in relation to various photographic genres . . . Readers interested in photography, film, postmodernism, and the nature of narrative itself will find Scott&#39s book captivating, and, at times, positively breathtaking. - British Journal of AestheticsThe Spoken Image displays its author&#39s deep knowledge of a wide range of literature on meaning and photography, and the book is well produced and illustrated. - Times Higher Education