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Poetic Metaphors: Creativity and interpretationCarina Rasse
[Figurative Thought and Language 15] 2022
► pp. ix–xii
Carina Rasse
[Figurative Thought and Language 15] 2022
► pp. ix–xii
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1.The scope of this book
1.1About the book
1.2Goals and potential impact of this book
1.3Structure of the book
Chapter 2.Conceptual metaphor theory and the study of metaphors in poetry
2.1Metaphor: Then and now
2.1.1Literal vs. metaphorical language
2.1.2Metaphor – A matter of language, thought, and action
2.2Embodiment in verbal and non-verbal metaphor understanding
2.2.1Lexical priming
2.2.2Behavioral studies
2.3Criticism of CMT
2.3.1Unreliable method
2.3.2What counts as metaphor and do people always access conceptual metaphor when producing or understanding metaphorical language?
2.3.3Do people always use conceptual metaphors when producing or understanding metaphorical language?
2.4Metaphors in poetry
2.4.1The meanings and functions of poetic metaphors
2.4.2Cognitive poetics
2.4.3Difficulties in applying MIP to poetry
2.4.4Are poetic metaphors always deliberate?
2.5How are poetic metaphors studied in this book?
Chapter 3.Poetic metaphors: Empirical investigations
3.1Qualitative investigations into the study of metaphors in poetry
3.2Poems used in the studies
3.3Identification of conceptual metaphors in the selected poems
3.4Questionnaires sent to poets (study 1)
3.5Interviews with poets (study 2)
3.6Written think aloud protocols (study 3)
Chapter 4.Poets’ perspectives on the meanings and functions of metaphors in poetry
4.1What do metaphors mean to you?
4.2What is the function of metaphors? Why do you use them?
4.3What would you call the origins or sources of your metaphors?
4.4Do you think that constructing metaphorical expressions is a very conscious, intentional process, or do you rather subconsciously place metaphors in your writing?
4.5To what extent do you think you can foresee, or even control, readers’ reactions to the metaphors you use?
4.6Please feel free to make any further remarks on the topic of metaphors in your poetry here
Chapter 5.An in-depth analysis of metaphors in six contemporary poems
5.1Jason D. Peterson’s “How we got here”
5.2Rae Armantrout’s “The Difficulty”
5.3Frank Beck’s “The Copper Husk Allegory”
5.4Shirley Geok-Lin Lim’s “Night Vision”
5.5Robert Pinsky’s “The Hearts“
5.6James Arthur’s “Wind”
5.7Chapter summary
Chapter 6.On readers’ engagements with poetry
6.1Data analysis and coding
6.2Overall results
6.3Individual poems and interpretation patterns
6.3.1Analyses of participants’ responses to Frank Beck’s “The Copper Husk Allegory”
6.3.2Analyses of participants’ responses to Jason David Peterson’s “How we got here”
6.3.3Analyses of participants’ responses to Rae Armantrout’s “Difficulty”
6.3.4Analyses of participants’ responses to Robert Pinsky’s “Hearts”
6.3.5Analyses of participants’ responses to Shirley Lim’s “Night Vision”
6.3.6Analyses of participants’ responses to James Arthur’s “Wind”
6.4Focus on conceptual metaphors
6.4.1Conceptual metaphors in meaning interpretations of poems
6.4.1.1Literal meaning interpretations
6.4.1.2Metaphorical meaning interpretations
6.4.2How participants talk about their emotional engagements with the poems
6.4.3How participants talk about authorial intention
6.5Allegorical readings as examples of the complexities involved in poetry interpretation
Chapter 7.Comparing poets’ and readers’ responses to poetry
7.1Comparisons in “How we got here”
7.2Comparisons in “The Difficulty”
7.3Comparisons in “The Copper Husk Allegory”
7.4Comparisons in “Night Vision”
7.5Comparisons in “Wind”
7.6Comparisons in “The Hearts”
7.7Summary of main findings
7.8What a systematic application of CMT to readers’ and poets’ responses, and a comparison between these, tells us about poetry interpretation
Chapter 8.Conclusion and future outlook
References
Index
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