What makes a Figure

Introduction

This volume presents works seeking to re-think the very nature and scope of figurativity, calling into attention some of the received tenets in accounts of figurativity, both as a holistic category and for individual types and families of figures, but also attempting to expand upon the current scope of figurative theorizing.

Scope of the Works

The works presented here investigate a wider array of figures than the typically-studied tropes of metaphor, irony, and metonymy, and address broad issues such as figurativity writ large (what figurativity actually is and does, including how embodied it is), multimodality, contiguity in figurative forms and furthering our consideration of the ingredients of irony.

Target Audience

It should appeal to any scholar interested in figurativity in all its expansive guises.