Texts and textiles : affect, synaesthesia and metaphor in fiction / by Diana Mary Eva Thomas.

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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Main Author: Thomas, Diana Mary Eva (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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