Visual metaphors and aesthetics : a formalist theory of metaphor /

This book offers a new definition of metaphor-as an ontological and visual construction, whose roots are external visual forms, and its motivation is our attachment to forms. This definition, which Michalle Gal names "visualist," challenges the ruling conceptualist theory of metaphors and...

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Main Author:	Gal, Michalle (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2022].
Subjects:	Metaphor. Aesthetics.