%0 Book
%A Jarosław Hetman
%D 2016
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 2193-4207
%@ 9783653053296
%T Ekphrastic Conceptualism in Postmodern British and American Novels
%B Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Tom McCarthy
%R 10.3726/978-3-653-05329-6
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1049017
%X The relationship between the arts has fascinated people for centuries. Discussing the ancient notion of ekphrasis, this study examines the interpenetration of literary and non-literary art. Traditionally, ekphrasis is defined as a rhetorical device for the poetic description of a painting or a sculpture that has been steadily gaining attention in literary studies since the mid-twentieth century. Taking a close look at the works of Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Tom McCarthy, the author demonstrates how ekphrasis is useful for reading contemporary novels that feature non-representative, conceptual works of art.
%K Literary theory, Metafiction, Poetics, Intertextuality
%G English