Ekphrasis in Ancient and Modern Literature - Creative and Academic Intersections

This volume examines the interaction between literary and visual representation through ekphrasis in contemporary poetry and ancient literature, viewing ekphrasis as a dynamic and evolving concept rather than a fixed category. Contributions from academic experts and poets address how ancient ekphrasis relates to ancient Graeco-Roman literature and contemporary poetry, thus aiming to find commonalities and differences between ancient and modern discourses and to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, reflecting the hybrid nature of ekphrasis itself. The book is organised around four core themes. Virtual Worlds and Embodied Images explores how ekphrasis connects the visual and the physical, while Vivid Emotions and Fluid Identities examines the impact of emotionally engaging with images. False Art and Poor Ethics looks at the relationship between ethics and aesthetics, and, finally, Absence and Presence investigates how the pursuit of absent visual objects serves as a reflection on memory and grief.

Product details

• Authors: Yiannis Doukas, Peter Kelly
• Assisted by: Yiannis Doukas (Editor), Peter Kelly (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.06.2026
• EAN: 9781350521131
• ISBN: 978-1-350-52113-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman literature, Modern and contemporary poetry / poems