Quêtes littéraires, 2015, No 5: De l'image à l'imaginaire
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- ItemMiroir en cuivre et plaque daguerrienne : autour de Salammbô de Gustave Flaubert(Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydawnictwo Werset, 2015) Kocik, AgnieszkaThe paper brings a motif of Salammbô’s preparations undertaken prior encountering Mathô. The scene becomes a motive for analysis of the paradigm of relation between a copper mirror and a daguerreotype plate. Both artefacts are made of the same matter. Being tools for discovering reality and outpouring into an imaginary world at the same time, both provide a special dimension to the visual experience. Finally, both are epistemic metaphors. Since second half of the 19th century, copper finds a new place in the mythology of the industrial object. The vast presence of copper in Flaubert’s Carthage impacts historical and oriental picturesqueness. Does Carthage resemble the legendary City of Copper?