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Rethinking Metonymy - Literary Theory and Poetic Practice from Pindar to Jakobson (Hardcover)
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Rethinking Metonymy - Literary Theory and Poetic Practice from Pindar to Jakobson (Hardcover)
Series: Classics in Theory Series
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Although metonymy has long been recognized as being a central
device in poetic language, it has received little critical
attention in its own right. Not only has this created a gap in
literary analytical scholarship which needs to be addressed, but it
has also allowed for problematic appropriations of metonymy as a
critical concept now widely in use in structuralist studies across
the humanities. Rethinking Metonymy is the first monograph to
confront and resolve these issues. It advances the theory of poetic
language by developing a ground-breaking new definition of metonymy
on the basis of an evaluation of examples in Greek tragedy and
lyric poetry, considering these in conjunction with examples from
classicizing and Romantic German poetry for the purposes of
illustration and comparison, including works by Goethe, Schiller,
and Hoelderlin. In addition to establishing the fundamental
principle, different conformations, and aesthetic effects of this
important poetic device, the volume also demonstrates how the new
arguments it offers have the potential to set an agenda for
far-reaching reconsiderations in literary studies and beyond. It
mobilizes analytical insights into the inner workings of metonymy
by examining three case studies designed to explore the trope in
critical practice, covering its role in creating a 'hellenizing'
style, what happens to it in 'classic' German translations of
Aeschylus' Agamemnon, and critically re-assessing its modern
re-appropriations as a structural-semiotic paradigm. Connecting
classical perspectives with modern linguistic and literary theory,
Rethinking Metonymy is a compelling and authoritative analysis that
rehabilitates and brings much-needed clarity to an oft-neglected
literary device. Its combination of in-depth engagement with
classical literature and cross-cultural and cross-linguistic
comparison makes it an invaluable resource not only to specialists
in Greek poetry, but also to students and scholars engaged in
literary analysis, translation criticism, and structuralist studies
across a much wider range of disciplines.
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