1st Edition

Literature and the Metaphoric Universe in the Mind

By Nicolae Babuts Copyright 2015
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

Nicolae Babuts believes that the study of metaphoric thought and literature can be enriched by the application of recent discoveries from neuroscientific c experiments. He maintains that metaphors are neither linguistic formations nor conceptual formations, but instead the product of association of images and language. They are a matter of vision. Memory is an essential component in the creation... Read more

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1 Memory Revisited

2 Retrieval and Recall

3 Dynamic Patterns and Metaphors

4 The Metaphoric Meaning

5 Religion, Ideology, and Sacrifice

6 Transfiguring the Real

7 The Alpha and Omega of Love

8 Vision, Values, Beliefs, and Feelings

9 The Symbolic Identity of the Real in Memory

Works Cited

Index

Biography

Nicolae Babuts