1st Edition
Similes, Puns and Counterfactuals in Literary Narrative
Chapter 1: Introduction to Similes, Puns, and Counterfactuals in Literary Narrative
Chapter 2: Similes
Chapter 3: Drunken Eloquence: Similes in John Updike’s "Transaction"
Chapter 4: Puns
Chapter 5: Very Punny: Puns in Bret Harte’s "The Luck of Roaring Camp"
Chapter 6: Counterfactuals
Chapter 7: Complex Regrets: Counterfactuals in Hemingway’s "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Biography
Jennifer Riddle Harding is Associate Professor of English at Washington and Jefferson College, USA.
"Cross-fertilizing stylistics, cognitive linguistics, and narrative theory, this interdisciplinary book addresses a number of blind spots in the study of figurative language, characterization, and consciousness representation in literary narrative. Harding’s close readings are an engaging complement to her theoretical discussion." —Marco Caracciolo, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
