Since classical times, metaphor has been considered a figure of speech in which a concept is understood through the qualities of another. So, if we say “your eyes are pearls”, we are describing the eyes as having the qualities of pearls: those eyes... (read more)

One of my favourite places in Barcelona is Gracia neighbourhood. Gracia is a former village that became absorbed by Barcelona as its urban development spread towards the end... (read more)

Cognitive poetics is a discipline of literary theory interested in the language of literary texts as rooted in the body’s perceptual system. In general terms, cognitive poetics explains what happens in the mind when literary texts are read, focussing... (read more)