Body of Vision

Autorentext

Michael Sinding is Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Language and Communication at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Klappentext

By linking Frye's classic studies to exciting recent approaches in the humanities and the cognitive revolution of the past few decades, Body of Vision casts Frye's achievements in a fascinating new light.

Inhalt

Preface and acknowledgementsIntroduction: Landscapes and ProspectsChapter 1. Cognition, Meaning and Culture "Systems That Won't Quite Do": Schematic Structure in Literary Myth, Metaphor, and ModelsChapter 2. Cognition, Culture and Literature Spatial and Spiritual Orders: Metaphoric Coherence in Dante's and Frye's CosmologiesChapter 3. Cognition, Culture and Society Family, City, and Body Politic: Metaphor and Framing in Social Thought Chapter 4. Cognition, Culture and History Pastorals With Power: Universal Nature and the Sociology of GenreConclusion Minds Transfigured Together: Metaphor, Myth, and Culture in MindWorks CitedNotes