On Metaphor (A Critical Inquiry Book)

ISBN 10: 0226733343 / ISBN 13: 9780226733340

Published by University of Chicago Press Journals, 1979

About this Item

Trade pbk.; unmarked; no bent or torn pp.; cover and spine, fine; on inside front cover, signature of former owner, George Miller, Princeton psychologist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Metaphor (A Critical Inquiry Book)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press Journals
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226733343
• ISBN 13: 9780226733340
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New

About this title

Synopsis

On Metaphor, a collection of fourteen essays by eminent philosophers, literary critics, theologians, art historians, and psychologists, illustrates and explores a striking phenomenon in modern intellectual history: the transformation of metaphor from a specialized concern of rhetoricians and literary critics to a central concept in the study of human understanding. These lively and provocative essays probe the nature, function, and meaning of metaphor and collectively demonstrate the multidisciplinary implications of the concept.

Because of its comprehensive scope, the volume is useful both as a resource for those interested in contemporary philosophy and theories of language and as a text for courses in such areas as the philosophy of language, critical theory, and the philosophy of knowledge. Originally published as a special issue of Critical Inquiry, the present collection includes two new contributions by Max Black and Nelson Goodman, along with a comprehensive index to the work.

About the Author

The late Sheldon Sacks, formerly professor of English and linguistics at the University of Chicago, was the author of Fiction and the Shape of Belief, as well as the founding editor of Critical Inquiry.