More than Cool Reason

2009-07-27 Literary Criticism

Author : George Lakoff
Release : 2009-07-27
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 989/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis More than Cool Reason by : George Lakoff

Download or read book More than Cool Reason written by George Lakoff. This book was released on 2009-07-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 postmodern Understanding Poetry, a new way of reading and teaching that makes poetry again important." — Norman Holland, University of Florida

Metaphors We Live By

2008-12-19 Philosophy

Author : George Lakoff
Release : 2008-12-19
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 997/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Metaphors We Live By written by George Lakoff. This book was released on 2008-12-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"—metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.

Metaphors We Live By

1980-11-01 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : George Lakoff
Release : 1980-11-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 006/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Metaphors We Live By written by George Lakoff. This book was released on 1980-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"—metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.

More than Cool Reason

1989-06-15 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : George Lakoff
Release : 1989-06-15
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 112/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book More than Cool Reason written by George Lakoff. This book was released on 1989-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 postmodern Understanding Poetry, a new way of reading and teaching that makes poetry again important." — Norman Holland, University of Florida

Stoner

2015 Adultery

Author : John Williams
Release : 2015
Genre : Adultery
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 285/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Stoner written by John Williams. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--

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