Memory, Metaphors, and Meaning: Reading Literary Texts

Babuts (emeritus French language and literature, Syracuse U., New York) approaches the problem of interpreting texts from a cognitive perspective, defining interpretation as a function of individual memory. He discusses literary dynamic patterns, the beginnings of interpretation, reading poetry, the allure of myth, beginnings and endings, and metaphoric fields and their tonality. He considers many texts, but looks in particular at those by Blaga, Melville, and Leopardi. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)