Figuratively Speaking - R.J. Fogelin

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Figuratively Speaking 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 Paul Grice and Amos Tversky, this work shows how figurative language derives its power from its 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, this work shows that the intellectual and aesthetic force of figurative language is not derived from inherent magical power, but instead from the opportunity it provides for unlimited elaboration in the hands of those gifted in its use. A distinctive feature of this work is that it presents a modern restatement of the view, first put forward by Aristotle, that metaphors are to be treated as elliptical similes. In a generalized form, this restatement of the Aristotelian view treats both metaphors and similes (and a number of other tropes) as figurative comparisons. The book then offers a detailed defense of this “comparativist” view of metaphors in response to the almost universal rejection of it by eminent philosophers.

Auteur

: Robert J. Fogelin

Artikelnummer 

: BF7764

Categorie

: Filosofie / Engelstalige boeken

Taal

: Engels

ISBN

: 0300042299 / 9780300042298

Uitgever

: Yale University Press

Druk

: 1

Jaar

: 1988

Pagina's

: 120

Bindwijze

: Hardcover, met stofomslag

Afmetingen

: 14.5 x 21.5 cm.

Conditie

: Als nieuw

Verzending

: Brievenbuspost

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