Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? : A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation / Seo-Young Chu.
Chu, Seo-Young, author.
2011
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Title
Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? : A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation / Seo-Young Chu.
Author
Chu, Seo-Young, author.
ISBN
9780674262652
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674262652
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (316 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674262652 doi
Summary
Chu argues that science fiction's dual status as both narrative and lyric art form permits the representation of objects that are otherwise difficult or impossible to describe-- e.g., those that are neither purely literal nor purely figurative.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction: Lyric Mimesis
INTERLUDE Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?
1 The Globalized World
2 Cyberspace in the 1990s
3 War Trauma
4 Postmemory Han
5 Robot Rights
EPILOGUE A Science- Fictional Theory of Reality
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Bibliography
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Acknowledgments
Index

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