Metaphor

Metaphor supposes that an ordinary word could have been used, but instead something unexpected appears. The point of a metaphor is to enrich experience by bringing different associations to mind, by giving something a different life. The prophetic character of metaphor, Denis Donoghue says, changes the world by changing our sense of it.

About the author

Denis Donoghue has taught English, Irish, and American Literature at University College, Dublin; Cambridge University and King’s College, Cambridge; and New York University.

Summary

Metaphor supposes that an ordinary word could have been used, but instead something unexpected appears. The point of a metaphor is to enrich experience by bringing different associations to mind, by giving something a different life. The prophetic character of metaphor, Denis Donoghue says, changes the world by changing our sense of it.

Product details

• Authors: Denis Donoghue, Donoghue Denis
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2014
• EAN: 9780674430662
• ISBN: 978-0-674-43066-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature & literary studies, Rhetoric, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics