More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor

Lakoff, George and Mark Turner

ISBN 10: 0226468127 / ISBN 13: 9780226468129

Published by The University Of Chicago Press, Chicago London, 1989

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230 pp., xii. '2' in number line. Contents: 1) "Life, Death, and Time"; 2) "The Power of Poetic Metaphor"; 3) "The Metaphoric Structure of a Single Poem"; 4) "The Great Chain of Being"; Bibliography, pp. 219-220; Index of Metaphors, pp.221-223; Index of Topics, pp. 225-230. Glossy light gray-green with title and subtitle lettering in white letters over black background at top front cover, author names in black letters over gray-green background, above black and white photo-illustration on lower two-thirds front cover. Virtually As New: top right corner front cover slightly bumped and worn, with echoing in kind (diminishingly) through next six pages; two faint red stains on fore-edge (3/8" x 3/16" semicircular and 1/8" straight line) with no bleeding onto pages: describes worse than it is, but there you have it, else As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); corners still square; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Solid copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor
• Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press, Chicago London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226468127
• ISBN 13: 9780226468129
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

"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

About the Author

George Lakoff is professor emeritus of cognitive science and linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his discovery of the detailed workings of metaphorical thought and how it structures our understanding of the world. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Metaphors We Live By, also published by the University of Chicago Press.