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More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor
George Lakoff
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Description for More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344. Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor. 242 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight: 296.
"The authors restore metaphor to our lives by showing us that it's never gone away. We've merely been taught to talk as if it had: as though weather maps were more 'real' than the breath of autumn; as though, for that matter, Reason was really 'cool.' What we're saying whenever we say is a theme this book illumines for anyone attentive." — Hugh Kenner, Johns Hopkins University
"In this bold and powerful book, Lakoff and Turner continue their use of metaphor to show how our minds get hold of the world. They have achieved nothing less than a ... Read more
"The authors restore metaphor to our lives by showing us that it's never gone away. We've merely been taught to talk as if it had: as though weather maps were more 'real' than the breath of autumn; as though, for that matter, Reason was really 'cool.' What we're saying whenever we say is a theme this book illumines for anyone attentive." — Hugh Kenner, Johns Hopkins University
"In this bold and powerful book, Lakoff and Turner continue their use of metaphor to show how our minds get hold of the world. They have achieved nothing less than a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226468129
SKU
V9780226468129
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