Kocik, Agnieszka2022-06-082022-06-082015"Quêtes littéraires" 2015, nº 5, s. 55-64http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/3120The 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?frAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/copper mirrordaguerrotypeepistemic metaphorSalammbôthe City of Copperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.31743/ql.238