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METAPHOR

Metaphor is a central concept in literary studies, but it is also preva-

lent in everyday language and speech. Recent literary theories such

as postmodernism and deconstruction have transformed the study

of the text and revolutionised our thinking about metaphor.

In this illuminating volume, David Punter:

• Establishes the classical background of metaphor from its philo-

sophical 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 literary theory, philosophy,

psychoanalysis and postcolonial studies.

• Illustrates his argument with specific examples from Western and

Eastern literature and poetry.

This comprehensive and engaging book emphasises the significance

of metaphor to literary studies, as well as its relevance to cultural

studies, linguistics and philosophy.

David Punter is Professor of English Literature at the University of

Bristol. He has published widely on Gothic, romantic and contem-

porary literature, psychoanalysis, postcolonial studies and literary

theory.

THE NEW CRITICAL IDIOM

Series Editor: John Drakakis, University of Stirling

. provides a handy, explanatory guide to the use (and abuse) of the term

. relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation

With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible breadth

of examples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable approach to key topics

in literary studies.

Also available in this series:

The Author by Andrew Bennett

Adaptation and Appropriation by Julie

Sanders

Autobiography by Linda Anderson

Class by Gary Day

Colonialism/Postcolonialism second

edition by Ania Loomba

Comedy by Andrew Stott

Crime Fiction by John Scaggs

Culture/Metaculture

by Francis Mulhern

Difference by Mark Currie

Discourse by Sara Mills

Drama/Theatre/Performance by

Simon Shepherd and Mick Wallis

Dramatic Monologue

by Glennis Byron

Ecocriticism by Greg Garrard

Genders by David Glover and

Cora Kaplan

Genre by John Frow

Gothic by Fred Botting

Historicism by Paul Hamilton

Humanism by Tony Davies

Ideology by David Hawkes

Interdisciplinarity by Joe Moran

Intertextuality by Graham Allen

Irony by Claire Colebrook

Literature by Peter Widdowson

Magic(al) Realism

by Maggie Ann Bowers

Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form

by Philip Hobsbaum

Mimesis by Matthew Potolsky

Modernism by Peter Childs

Myth by Laurence Coupe

Narrative by Paul Cobley

Parody by Simon Dentith

Pastoral by Terry Gifford

Performativity by James Loxley

The Postmodern by Simon Malpas

Realism by Pam Morris

Romance by Barbara Fuchs

Romanticism by Aidan Day

Science Fiction by Adam Roberts

Sexuality by Joseph Bristow

Stylistics by Richard Bradford

Subjectivity by Donald E. Hall

The Sublime by Philip Shaw

The Unconscious

by Antony Easthope

The New Critical Idiom is an invaluable series of introductory guides to today’s

critical terminology. Each book:

. offers an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and cultural critic

METAPHOR

David Punter

First published 2007 by Routledge

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ISBN 0-203-96588-4 Master e-book ISBN

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