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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Denis Donoghue, Donoghue Denis
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.05.2014
• EAN: 9780674430662
• ISBN: 978-0-674-43066-2
• Pagine: 210
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature & literary studies, Rhetoric, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics