Abstract
ByKaufmann. R.J. Metaphorical Thinking and the Scope of Literature. National Council of Teachers of English. Champaign, Ill. Pub Date Oct 68 NoteI 7p Journal CitCollege English; v30 n1 p31-47 Oct 1968 EDRS Price MF-S0.25 HC-S0.95 Descriptors-*College Students. English, English Instruction, Figurative Language, *Literary Conventions. *Literary Criticism. Literary History. *Literature. Symbolic Language. Symbols (Literary) Both the method of the New Critics and the modern student's interest in °macro -clues i on s are briefly discussed by way of introduction. The primary concern of the essay. however, is for an ampler conception of metaphor. Instances of 'advanced metaphorical thinking. among them More's *Utopia. Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. and Pascal's Pensees. are examined to show different clualities of metaphor as these bear upon evaluation of the texts in which they occur. Other topics discussed are the similarities of various forms of metaphorical thinking and the nature of metaphor as revealed in a *dominant metaphor of Western culture--God is an eye MN)
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