IN DEFENCE OF LITERARY SYNAESTHESIA
A theory and Typology of Literary Synaesthesia: Its incidence in Ted Hugue's Poe
Sinopsis
This study delineates in clear and unambiguous terms the field within which it operates, that of literary synæsthesia. It was initially conceived as a doctoRal thesis in English philology, but personal commitments metamorphosed that project into the present publication. In many ways it represents an updated sequel to Doetsch Kraus’ (1992) M. Phil. thesis in Romance philology. In this research, a comprehensive defence of the defining characteristics of literary synæsthesia is undertaken, and a proposal is made as to how this phenomenon should be analysed, interpreted and classified in order to distinguish it from other figures of speech and phenomena with which it is persistently equated. The aim of this endeavour is best described in the words of Bousoño: “Knowing a phenomenon is not simply describing it, it is, above all, to interpret it, to explain it.” It is not to clarify the concept of literary synæsthesia, but to make it clear.
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