The Mutable Glass

Klappentext A comprehensive survey of mirror-imagery in English literature from the thirteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. Zusammenfassung Working within the tradition of the historical study of metaphor as developed by E. R. Curtius! Professor Grabes not only traces the shifting historical usages of the mirror (as the metaphor's 'vehicle') but also studies the metaphor's structural function in individual works. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. The Mirror as Title-Metaphor: 2. History of the mirror-title in England; 3. A typology of works bearing mirror-titles; Part II. Mirror-Conventions in Literature and Art: 4. The multiplicity of mirrors; Part III. Originality: general conclusions: 9. The concept of originality; 10. The historical dimension of metaphor, aesthetics and ideas: the age of the mirror; Appendix; Notes; Indexical bibliography of primary references; General bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Grabes, Grabes Herbert
• Assisted by: Gordon Collier (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521129923
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12992-3
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 246 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800