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This volume consists of articles on imagery in the poetry of various literary canons. Focussing on figurative speech, the authors analyse poetry of the Near East, Greece, the Arabic world, early modern Spain, classical China and classical Japan. The articles present new research based on individual approaches for each particular canon within a wide span from socio-cultural environment to semantic and cognitive properties of specific images. They deal with the poetics of the other, the role of the poet, poetic persuasion in politics, traditional typologies of tropes, intertextuality, and the principle of analogy. The authors combine literary theory with specialised knowledge of the local context and literary tradition and provide innovative and dynamic close readings.



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The other – the Hebrew bible – The Akkadian scholar – Plato – A female Chinese poet – Japanese figurative speech – Arabic figurative speech – Andalusian patterns – Góngora

Studies of Imagery in Early Mediterranean and

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 20/03/2018
      ISBN13: 9783631739358, 978-3631739358
      ISBN10: 3631739354

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This volume consists of articles on imagery in the poetry of various literary canons. Focussing on figurative speech, the authors analyse poetry of the Near East, Greece, the Arabic world, early modern Spain, classical China and classical Japan. The articles present new research based on individual approaches for each particular canon within a wide span from socio-cultural environment to semantic and cognitive properties of specific images. They deal with the poetics of the other, the role of the poet, poetic persuasion in politics, traditional typologies of tropes, intertextuality, and the principle of analogy. The authors combine literary theory with specialised knowledge of the local context and literary tradition and provide innovative and dynamic close readings.



      Table of Contents

      The other – the Hebrew bible – The Akkadian scholar – Plato – A female Chinese poet – Japanese figurative speech – Arabic figurative speech – Andalusian patterns – Góngora

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