Objects of Metaphor

by Samuel Guttenplan

Book Overview

Objects of Metaphor puts forward a philosophical account of metaphor radically different from those currently on offer. Powerful and flexible enough to cope with the syntactic complexity typical of genuine metaphor, it offers novel conceptions of the relationship between simile and metaphor, the notion of dead metaphor, and the idea of metaphor as a robust theoretic kind. Without denying that metaphor can sometimes be merely ornamental, Guttenplan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199280894
• ISBN13: 9780199280896
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"