This Mad Instead
Governing Metaphors in Contemporary American Fiction
Will be published approx. on 31. January 2000
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-57003-326-1 (ISBN)
Description
An investigation of metaphorical operations in the writing of several contemporary US novelists, including John Updike and Paul Auster. It examines how each author establishes a provisional government over the elusiveness of truth, the ambiguity of experience, and the hardships of language.
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Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57003-326-1 (9781570033261)
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