Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Series Editor’s Preface viii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Metaphor Use: Strategies and Methods 26
7. 2. Susan Sontag: Using Metaphor ‘to see more, to hear more, to feel more’ 58
8. 3. Audre Lorde: Stretching, Risks and Difference 80
9. 4. Anatole Broyard: A Style for Being Ill; or, Metaphor ‘Light’ 105
10. 5. David Foster Wallace’s Troubled Little Soldier: Narrative and Irony 132
11. 6. From Theory to Practice: A Method for Using Metaphor 158
12. Conclusion 188
13. Bibliography 194
14. Index 213