| Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now Contributor(s): Nagy, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674088328 ISBN-13: 9780674088320 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 809.91 |
| LCCN: 2015032428 |
| Series: Hellenic Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, then metonymy can be seen as a connecting of something familiar with something else that is already familiar. Applying this formulation, Nagy offers close readings of over one hundred examples of metonymy as it comes to life in the verbal and the visual arts of Greek culture, as well as in the arts of other cultures. Though it is debatable whether all the selected examples really qualify as masterpieces, what they all have in common is their potential for artistic greatness. A close reading of the verbal and the visual evidence, Nagy argues, leads to a fuller appreciation of this greatness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nagy, Gregory: - Gregory Nagy is Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University and Director of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. |