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Figures of a Changing World: Metaphor and the Emergence of Modern Culture
Harry Berger
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Description for Figures of a Changing World: Metaphor and the Emergence of Modern Culture
Paperback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Figures of a Changing World offers a dramatic new account of cultural change, an account based on the distinction between two familiar rhetorical figures, metonymy and metaphor. The book treats metonymy as the basic organizing trope of traditional culture and metaphor as the basic organizing trope of modern culture. On the one hand, metonymies present themselves as analogies that articulate or reaffirm preexisting states of affairs. They are guarantors of facticity, a term that can be translated or defined as fact-like-ness. On the other hand, metaphors challenge the similarity they claim to establish, in order to feature departures from preexisting ... Read more
Figures of a Changing World offers a dramatic new account of cultural change, an account based on the distinction between two familiar rhetorical figures, metonymy and metaphor. The book treats metonymy as the basic organizing trope of traditional culture and metaphor as the basic organizing trope of modern culture. On the one hand, metonymies present themselves as analogies that articulate or reaffirm preexisting states of affairs. They are guarantors of facticity, a term that can be translated or defined as fact-like-ness. On the other hand, metaphors challenge the similarity they claim to establish, in order to feature departures from preexisting ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823257485
SKU
V9780823257485
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About Harry Berger
Harry Berger, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Literature and Art History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His most recent books include Figures of a Changing World: Metaphor and the Emergence of Modern Culture and A Fury in the Words: Love and Embarrassment in Shakespeare's Venice (both Fordham). Harry Berger, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Literature ... Read more
Reviews for Figures of a Changing World: Metaphor and the Emergence of Modern Culture
In Figures of a Changing World, Harry Berger, Jr. distills into brief scope a masterful review and critique of a major topic in twentieth century critical theory: the post-Nietszchean theory of tropes. Berger's work is always welcomed by scholars in his fields (plural), but this little book on a big topic has the potential to be among the ... Read more