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Zusatztext Matzner's study makes a unique contribution to ancient literary criticism and rhetorical theory, and to theories of metaphor and figurative language more generally. A great strength of his approach lies in his deft orchestration of a Formalist focus on usage and aesthetic aspects of metonymy that produces a far-ranging and focused analysis. As the trope is central to ancient imagery, and yet has been poorly understood since Aristotle, we should be all the more grateful to Matzner for his lucid approach to key problems in defining its parameters and illuminating its intricacies. Informationen zum Autor Sebastian Matzner is Lecturer in Comparative Literature at King's College London, where he earned his Ph.D. in Classics and Comparative Literature in 2012. His doctoral thesis, entitled 'The Forgotten Trope: Metonymy in Poetic Action', won the University of Heidelberg's Prize for Classical Philology and Literary Theory and he was subsequently awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to pursue his postdoctoral research project 'Beautiful Tyrants: Postcolonial Reflections on Philhellenism in Rome and Germany' at the University of Oxford. After lectureships in Classics and Latin Language and Literature at Oxford and the University of Exeter respectively, he returned to King's College London in September 2015. Klappentext Rethinking Metonymy is the first monograph to confront and resolve issues surrounding problematic appropriations of metonymy in the humanities. By developing a ground-breaking new definition based on analysis of examples in Greek tragedy and lyric poetry, it sets an agenda for far-reaching reconsiderations in literary studies and beyond. Zusammenfassung Rethinking Metonymy is the first monograph to confront and resolve issues surrounding problematic appropriations of metonymy in the humanities. By developing a ground-breaking new definition based on analysis of examples in Greek tragedy and lyric poetry, it sets an agenda for far-reaching reconsiderations in literary studies and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Metonymy - the Forgotten Trope? Metonymia at Aulis Metonymy - the Forgotten Trope? Tropology and the Formal Method: A Reappraisal of Descriptive Poetics Finding Metonyms in Poetic Action: The Text Corpus Standard Usage, Literary Aesthetics, and Literary Lexicography Enter the Reader 2: Contiguity and its (Dis-)Contents: Metonymy in Theory Between Forgotten Trope and Master Trope - Why Metonymy Matters Tropes and Figures Tropicality, the Tropical Space, and the Tropes Mapping the Tropical Space Developments in Theory of Metaphor 'Contiguity' and its (Dis-)Contents: Characterizing Metonymy Lexical Contiguity: Metonymy and the Theory of Semantic Fields 3: Forms and Effects: Metonymy in Poetic Action Index Metonymy Amplification Metonymy Grammatical Metonymy Metonymic Presences 4: Beyond Theory: Metonymy in Critical Practice Metonymy and Translation Criticism Metonymy and Stylistic Criticism Metonymy and (Post-)Structuralist Criticism 5: Conclusion Endmatter Bibliography General Index Index of Passages Discussed ...
