Miroir en cuivre et plaque daguerrienne : autour de Salammbô de Gustave Flaubert

• Authors: Agnieszka Kocik

Title variants

EN

Copper mirror and daguerreotype plate: around Gustave Flaubert’s Salammbô

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

FR

The paper brings a motif of Salammbô’s preparations undertaken prior encountering Mathô. The scene becomes a motive for analysis of the paradigm of relation between a copper mirror and a daguerreotype plate. Both artefacts are made of the same matter. Being tools for discovering reality and outpouring into an imaginary world at the same time, both provide special dimension to the visual experience. Finally, both are epistemic metaphors. Since second half of 19th century copper finds a new place in mythology of the industrial object. Vast presence of copper in Flaubert’s Carthage impacts historical and oriental picturesqueness. Does Carthage resemble the legendary City of Copper?

Keywords

FR

copper mirror; daguerrotype; epistemic metaphor; Salammbô; the City of Copper

EN

copper mirror; daguerrotype; epistemic metaphor; Salammbô; the City of Copper

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Wydawnictwo Werset
• Journal: Quêtes littéraires
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 55-64

Dates

published

2015-12-30

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Kocik

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/ql.238