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.
| ISBN: | 9780674419483 |
| Publication date: | 22nd April 2014 |
| Author: | Donoghue, Denis |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |