More than cool reason : a field guide to poetic metaphor / George Lakoff and Mark Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lakoff, George.

Contributor:

Turner, Mark, 1954-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Poetics.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 230 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Summary:

"The authors restore metaphor to our lives by showing us that it's never gone away. We've merely been taught to talk as if it had: as though weather maps were more 'real' than the breath of autumn; as though, for that matter, Reason was really 'cool.' What we're saying whenever we say is a theme this book illumines for anyone attentive." -- Hugh Kenner, Johns Hopkins University "In this bold and powerful book, Lakoff and Turner continue their use of metaphor to show how our minds get hold of the world. They have achieved nothing less than a postmodern Understanding Poetry, a new way of reading and teaching that makes poetry again important." -- Norman Holland, University of Florida

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0226468119 :

0226468127

OCLC:

18560169