TY - BOOK AU - Jarosław Hetman PY - 2016 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 2193-4207 SN - 9783653053296 TI - Ekphrastic Conceptualism in Postmodern British and American Novels T2 - Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Tom McCarthy DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-05329-6 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1049017 N2 - 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. KW - Literary theory, Metafiction, Poetics, Intertextuality LA - English ER -