| Description |
1 online resource (182 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics |
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Routledge studies in rhetoric and stylistics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to Similes, Puns, and Counterfactuals in Literary Narrative; 2 Similes; 3 Drunken Eloquence: Similes in John Updike's "Transaction"; 4 Puns; 5 Very Punny: Puns in Bret Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp"; 6 Counterfactuals; 7 Complex Regrets: Counterfactuals in Ernest Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"; 8 Conclusion; Appendix; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
In this study, Jennifer Riddle Harding presents a cognitive analysis of three figures of speech that have readily identifiable forms: similes, puns, and counterfactuals. Harding argues that when deployed in literary narrative, these forms have narrative functions--such as the depiction of conscious experiences, allegorical meanings, and alternative plots--uniquely developed by these more visible figures of speech. Metaphors, by contrast, are often "invisible" in the formal structure of a text. With a solid cognitive grounding, Harding's approach emphasizes the relationship between figurative forms and narrative effects. Harding demonstrates the literary functions of previously neglected figures of speech, and the potential for a unified approach to a topic that crosses cognitive disciplines. Her work has implications for the rhetorical approach to figures of speech, for cognitive disciplines, and for the studies of literature, rhetoric, and narrative |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317401933 |
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131740193X |
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9781317401926 |
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1317401921 |
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