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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.

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Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: Landscapes and Prospects Chapter 1. Cognition, Meaning and Culture "Systems That Won't Quite Do": Schematic Structure in Literary Myth, Metaphor, and Models Chapter 2. Cognition, Culture and Literature Spatial and Spiritual Orders: Metaphoric Coherence in Dante's and Frye's Cosmologies Chapter 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 Genre Conclusion Minds Transfigured Together: Metaphor, Myth, and Culture in Mind Works Cited Notes

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/02/2014
      ISBN13: 9781442643918, 978-1442643918
      ISBN10: 1442643919

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: Landscapes and Prospects Chapter 1. Cognition, Meaning and Culture "Systems That Won't Quite Do": Schematic Structure in Literary Myth, Metaphor, and Models Chapter 2. Cognition, Culture and Literature Spatial and Spiritual Orders: Metaphoric Coherence in Dante's and Frye's Cosmologies Chapter 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 Genre Conclusion Minds Transfigured Together: Metaphor, Myth, and Culture in Mind Works Cited Notes

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