Memory, Metaphors, and Meaning

Literature explores the human condition, the mystery of the world, life and death, as well as our relations with others, and our desires and dreams

Nicolae Babuts

Introduction; 1: Literary Dynamic Patterns; 2: The Beginning of Interpretation; 3: Reading Poetry; 4: The Allure of Myth; 5: Beginnings and Endings; 6: Metaphoric Fields: Blaga, Melville, and Leopardi; 7: The Tonality of Metaphoric Fields; 8: Concluding Remarks