Texts and textiles :: affect, synaesthesia and metaphor in fiction /

This study shows how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and synaesthetic metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are examined using affect theory from Silvan Tomkins and Brian Massumi and wo...

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1. Verfasser: Thomas, Diana Mary Eva (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Zusammenfassung:This study shows how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and synaesthetic metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are examined using affect theory from Silvan Tomkins and Brian Massumi and work on synaesthesia by Richard Cytowic, Lawrence Marks, and V.S. Ramachandran, among others. Synaesthetic writing, including synaesthetic metaphors, has been explored in poetry since the 1920s and, more recently, in fiction, but these studies have been general in nature. By narrowing the field of inv.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443879422
1443879428

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