Metaphor / David Punter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Punter, David.

Series:

New critical idiom.

The new critical idiom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Figures of speech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Metaphor is a central concept in literary studies, but it is also prevalent in everyday language and speech. Recent literary theories such as postmodernism and deconstruction have transformed the study of the text and revolutionized our thinking about metaphor. In this fascinating volume, David Punter:.: establishes the classical background of the term from its philosophical roots to the religious and political tradition of metaphor in the East.; relates metaphor to the public realms of culture and politics and the way in which these influence the literary.; examines metaphor in relation to li

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE CLASSICAL PROBLEM: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE; 2 EASTERN AND WESTERN METAPHOR; 3 PUBLIC METAPHOR; 4 METAPHOR AND THE 'TEXT INSTEAD'; 5 METAPHOR AND PSYCHOANALYSIS; 6 METAPHOR, THE UNCANNY, DEJA-VU; 7 METAPHOR, DIFFERENCE, UNTRANSLATABILITY; 8 METAPHOR AND THE POSTCOLONIAL TURN; 9 SOME EXAMPLES AND LIMITS; 10 CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-674-80282-9

1-134-46127-5

1-280-90732-0

9786610907328

0-203-96588-4

9780203965887

OCLC:

476089450