Ekphrastic Conceptualism in Postmodern British and American Novels

Jarosław Hetman is Lecturer at the Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland). His academic interests include contemporary American literature, theory of literature and conceptual art.

• Contents: Ekphrasis – Conceptual ekphrasis – Sanctioning – Conceptual art – Progymnasmata – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – Leo Spitzer – James A.W. Heffernan – W.J.T. Mitchell – Representation – Don DeLillo – Paul Auster – Tom McCarthy – Pseudo-artistic activity – Performance art – Body art – Land art – Video art – Street art – Intertextuality – Metafiction – Sophie Calle – International Necronautical Society – Authenticity – Inauthenticity – Performativity.