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Authority Figures: Metaphors of Mastery from the Iliad to the Apocalypse (168)
Christopher Collins
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Description for Authority Figures: Metaphors of Mastery from the Iliad to the Apocalypse (168)
Paperback. Examining texts ranging from the Homeric epics and the Platonic dialogues, to Virgils "Aeneid" and the Book of Revelation, this book reveals how certain strategic metaphors embedded in the early Western literacy canon have promoted (and continue to promote) systems of inequality and social control. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFCX; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 335.
Reveals how certain strategic metaphors embedded in the early Western literary canon have promoted-and continue to promote-systems of inequality and social control. Collins examines texts ranging from the Homeric epics and the Platonic dialogues to Virgil's Aeneid and the Book of Revelation. Drawing on the linguistic and documentary evidence of usages in early societies, chiefly Greek and Hebrew, Collins has produced a penetrating examination of social and personal structures in those worlds.
Reveals how certain strategic metaphors embedded in the early Western literary canon have promoted-and continue to promote-systems of inequality and social control. Collins examines texts ranging from the Homeric epics and the Platonic dialogues to Virgil's Aeneid and the Book of Revelation. Drawing on the linguistic and documentary evidence of usages in early societies, chiefly Greek and Hebrew, Collins has produced a penetrating examination of social and personal structures in those worlds.
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
335g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847682393
SKU
V9780847682393
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99-15
About Christopher Collins
Christopher Collins is professor of English at New York University. His previous books include The Act of Poetry, Reading the Written Image: Verbal Play, Interpretation, and the Roots of Iconophobia, and The Poetics of the Mind's Eye: Literature and the Psychology of Imagination.
Reviews for Authority Figures: Metaphors of Mastery from the Iliad to the Apocalypse (168)
A forceful and highly original study of the implications of the organization of human discourse along the lines of personal pronouns. . . . While clearly authoritative and not skimping its evidence, Authority Figures is at the same time gracefully written and easily accessible. As such it could be used in every pedagogic context from beginning humanities courses to advanced ... Read more