
Poetic Metaphors
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- Intro
- Poetic Metaphors
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Epigraph
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The scope of this book
- 1.1 About the book
- 1.2 Goals and potential impact of this book
- 1.3 Structure of the book
- Chapter 2. Conceptual metaphor theory and the study of metaphors in poetry
- 2.1 Metaphor: Then and now
- 2.1.1 Literal vs. metaphorical language
- 2.1.2 Metaphor - A matter of language, thought, and action
- 2.2 Embodiment in verbal and non-verbal metaphor understanding
- 2.2.1 Lexical priming
- 2.2.2 Behavioral studies
- 2.3 Criticism of CMT
- 2.3.1 Unreliable method
- 2.3.2 What counts as metaphor and do people always access conceptual metaphor when producing or understanding metaphorical language?
- 2.3.3 Do people always use conceptual metaphors when producing or understanding metaphorical language?
- 2.4 Metaphors in poetry
- 2.4.1 The meanings and functions of poetic metaphors
- 2.4.2 Cognitive poetics
- 2.4.3 Difficulties in applying MIP to poetry
- 2.4.4 Are poetic metaphors always deliberate?
- 2.5 How are poetic metaphors studied in this book?
- Chapter 3. Poetic metaphors: Empirical investigations
- 3.1 Qualitative investigations into the study of metaphors in poetry
- 3.2 Poems used in the studies
- 3.3 Identification of conceptual metaphors in the selected poems
- 3.4 Questionnaires sent to poets (study 1)
- 3.5 Interviews with poets (study 2)
- 3.6 Written think aloud protocols (study 3)
- Chapter 4. Poets' perspectives on the meanings and functions of metaphors in poetry
- 4.1 What do metaphors mean to you?
- 4.2 What is the function of metaphors? Why do you use them?
- 4.3 What would you call the origins or sources of your metaphors?
- 4.4 Do you think that constructing metaphorical expressions is a very conscious, intentional process, or do you rather subconsciously place metaphors in your writing?
- 4.5 To what extent do you think you can foresee, or even control, readers' reactions to the metaphors you use?
- 4.6 Please feel free to make any further remarks on the topic of metaphors in your poetry here
- Chapter 5. An in-depth analysis of metaphors in six contemporary poems
- 5.1 Jason D. Peterson's "How we got here"
- 5.2 Rae Armantrout's "The Difficulty"
- 5.3 Frank Beck's "The Copper Husk Allegory"
- 5.4 Shirley Geok-Lin Lim's "Night Vision"
- 5.5 Robert Pinsky's "The Hearts"
- 5.6 James Arthur's "Wind"
- 5.7 Chapter summary
- Chapter 6. On readers' engagements with poetry
- 6.1 Data analysis and coding
- 6.2 Overall results
- 6.3 Individual poems and interpretation patterns
- 6.3.1 Analyses of participants' responses to Frank Beck's "The Copper Husk Allegory"
- 6.3.2 Analyses of participants' responses to Jason David Peterson's "How we got here"
- 6.3.3 Analyses of participants' responses to Rae Armantrout's "Difficulty"
- 6.3.4 Analyses of participants' responses to Robert Pinsky's "Hearts"
- 6.3.5 Analyses of participants' responses to Shirley Lim's "Night Vision"
- 6.3.6 Analyses of participants' responses to James Arthur's "Wind"
- 6.4 Focus on conceptual metaphors
- 6.4.1 Conceptual metaphors in meaning interpretations of poems
- 6.4.2 How participants talk about their emotional engagements with the poems
- 6.4.3 How participants talk about authorial intention
- 6.5 Allegorical readings as examples of the complexities involved in poetry interpretation
- Chapter 7. Comparing poets' and readers' responses to poetry
- 7.1 Comparisons in "How we got here"
- 7.2 Comparisons in "The Difficulty"
- 7.3 Comparisons in "The Copper Husk Allegory"
- 7.4 Comparisons in "Night Vision"
- 7.5 Comparisons in "Wind"
- 7.6 Comparisons in "The Hearts"
- 7.7 Summary of main findings
- 7.8 What a systematic application of CMT to readers' and poets' responses, and a comparison between these, tells us about poetry interpretation
- Chapter 8. Conclusion and future outlook
- References
- Index
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