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Ecphrasis Definition

(noun)
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the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device


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it's not surprising that Hecht, a master of ekphrasis, would include descriptions of visual art

Virgil's ekphrases tend to highlight suffering or mourning figures

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