Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: A Theory of Metaphor
2. Processing Metaphor: Resistance and Interpretation
3. Metaphor and Biblical Interpretation
4. The Persistence of the Tenor: Falsity in Truth
5. The Decline of Literal Truth and Reference
6. Poems as Metaphors: To Truth through Fiction
7. The Double Transit of Metaphor: Metaphor and the Uncanny
8. Novelty and the End State of Metaphor: Uncanny Doubling
9. The Uncanny: Psychoanalytic and Metaphoric
10. Metaphor and Affect: The Uncanny, Paradox, Wonder, Religion
11. Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Fredric V. Bogel is Professor of English, emeritus, at Cornell University, USA. He is the author of New Formalist Criticism: Theory and Practice (2013).
‘Bogel’s book reveals the complexities of metaphor, its ability to disclose and conceal meaning, to disrupt and reconstruct linguistic and cultural realities. Through his original endeavor, F. Bogel succeeds not only in reshaping the theory of metaphor, but also in reasserting the essential role metaphor plays in the way in which we communicate and perceive the world.’ Adina Pruteanu
