Metaphor

Metaphor
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780674430662
ISBN-13 : 0674430662
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Book Synopsis Metaphor by : Denis Donoghue

Download or read book Metaphor written by Denis Donoghue and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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