Synopses & Reviews
Rehder's study examines the use of metaphor in three of America's greatest poets. Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams and Hart Crane are looked at in turn, their views on metaphor discussed and their use of metaphor in their poems analyzed. Considering Aristotle and Derrida, and taking account of recent theoretical work, Rehder offers an interpretation of why metaphor is fundamental to our thinking and to poetry.
About the Author
Robert Rehder is a Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Table of Contents
Preface * Acknowledgements * Abbreviations * Au Pays de la Metaphore * Someone Puts a Pineapple Together * Smeared a Bluish Green * No Ideas * But In Things More Than Merely Literal Burden * The Logic of Metaphor * Atlantis * White Mythology * Bibliographical Note * Notes * Index