Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 191 g
Revised Edition
Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 191 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-973999-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
In this revised edition, Fogelin responds to the criticisms of the first edition, updates his material, and includes a new preface
It accepts and defends a position modeled on Aristotle's and it goes beyond such trite examples as, "Sally is a block of ice," to examine metaphors in rich literary contexts
In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning-irony, hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others-to show how they work and to explain their attraction. Building on the ideas of Grice and Tversky, Fogelin contends that figurative language derives ist power from ist insistence that the reader participate in the text, looking beyond the literal meaning of the figurative language to the meanings that are implied. With examples ranging from Shakespeare, John Donne, and Jane Austen to e.e. cummings, Bessie Smith, and Monty Python, Fogelin demonstrates that the intellectual and aesthetic force of figurative language is derived from the opportunity it provides for unlimited elaboration.
Fogelin presents a modern restatement of the view, first put forward by Aristotle, that metaphors are to be treated as elliptical similes. He then offers a detailed defense of this "comparativist" view of metaphors in response to criticisms that have been brought against it by a series of eminent philosophers. This new edition is updated to reflect more recent work on the topic and will interest philosophers, linguists, and literary theorists.
Zielgruppe
The primary audience is anyone interested in the philosophy of language at large, or, more specifically, anyone interested in the employment of rhetorical terms in language. This would include people in literature departments, especially those who have become weary of post-modern criticism and wish to return literary works to the study of literature.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Revised Edition
1.: Introduction 1-7
2.: Figurative Predications 8-25
3.: Figurative Comparisons: The Traditional View 26-32
4.: The Standard Criticisms of Comparativism 33-70
5.: A Dilemma for Theories of Metaphor 71-78
6.: A Theory of Figurative Comparisons 79-98
7.: Clarifications and Elaborations 99-133
A Concluding Note 134
Works Cited 135-37
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