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Autore |
Eidt Laura M. Sager |
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Writing and filming the painting [[electronic resource] ] : ekphrasis in literature and film / / Laura M. Sager Eidt |
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Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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94-012-0627-9 |
1-4356-9530-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Collana |
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; ; 117 |
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Soggetti |
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Art in literature |
Art in motion pictures |
Ekphrasis |
Painting and motion pictures |
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Note generali |
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Originally written as author's dissertation, University of Texas in Austin. |
Works of art by Goya, Rembrandt and Vermeer are analyzed. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Filmography (p. [235]). |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Toward a Definition of Ekphrasis in Literature and Film -- Methodology -- Goya’s Sleep of Reason in Poetry, Drama, and Film: Dramatizing the Artist’s Battle with his Creatures -- Goya’s Sleep of Reason in Lion Feuchtwanger’s Novel and Konrad Wolf’s Film Adaptation: Private or Social Demons? -- From Screenplay to Film: Rembrandt’s Self-Portraits and Social Identity Construction through Ekphrasis -- Vermeer’s Women in Film and Fiction: Ekphrasis and Gendered Structures of Vision -- Conclusion: The Cerebral and the Affective Function of Ekphrasis -- Works Cited -- Filmography -- List of Illustrations/Image Credits. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This innovative interdisciplinary study compares the uses of painting in literary texts and films. In developing a framework of four types of ekphrasis, the author argues for the expansion of the concept of ekphrasis by demonstrating its applicability as interpretive tool to films about the visual arts and artists. Analyzing selected works of art by Goya, Rembrandt, and Vermeer and their ekphrastic treatment in |
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