OSZILLATIONEN ZWISCHEN DEM METAPHORISCHEN UND DEM KONKRET-MATERIELLEN: METAPHORIKEN DES BUCHS IM SPIEGEL LITERARISCHER UND BUCHKÜNSTLERISCHER ARBEITEN

• Authors: Schmitz-Emans Monika

Title variants

EN

Oscillations between metaphoricity and concrete materiality: Metaphorics of the book in the mirror of literary works and works of book art

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

Books, their materiality and their structure can have a metaphorical dimension; they may even appear as “materialized metaphors”. Artists’ books and literary works of unconventional and striking book shapes reflect the metaphorical potential of the book and make it vivid. Sometimes, however, such works of book art allow for different, even controversial interpretations, which can be exemplified by examples in which the metaphors of the “palimpsest”, the “blackening”, and the “labyrinth” appear concretized.

Keywords

EN

BOOK ART; BOOK METAPHOR; PALIMPSEST; CENSORSHIP

• Publisher: Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: World Literature Studies
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 114 – 128

Contributors

author

Schmitz-Emans Monika

• Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany