Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now (Hellenic Studies Series) - Softcover

Nagy, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674088328 ISBN 13: 9780674088320

Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Gregory Nagy is Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674088328
• ISBN 13: 9780674088320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296