[Gregory Dowling]

The Hecht poem I posted above is, like the Larkin one and Alicia's "Resurrection", based on "standard iconographic elements". However, in the same volume that contains the poem, The Transparent Man, is his long-ish narrative poem, "See Naples and Die", which contains a wonderful passage giving a very detailed and brilliant description of Bellini's "Transfiguration" in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. I don't have my books to hand but I'll come back later and edit the section in to this post.

Let me just repeat that the old thread excavated by Chris is a fascinating read. But as it obviously isn't the last word on the subject there's no reason for us not to have fun in this one as well. And Janice's action had the simple aim of making it clear that this was the new active thread on the subject.