Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now

by Gregory Nagy

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674088328
• ISBN13: 9780674088320
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"