Similes, Puns and Counterfactuals in Literary Narrative (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics) - Softcover

Harding, Jennifer Riddle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367366304 ISBN 13: 9780367366308

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Jennifer Riddle Harding is Associate Professor of English at Washington and Jefferson College, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367366304
• ISBN 13: 9780367366308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184