Title: Metaphors of Genre
Description: In Metaphors of Genre, David Fishelov demonstrates the important role played by analogies in genre theory and provides a critical presentation of four specific analogies that permeate modern theory: the biological analogy, the family "metaphor," the institutional perspective, and the "speech act" analogy. While making a critical presentation of the existing theories, Fishelov offers new perspectives and hypotheses within each analogy.
Subjects: History and criticism, Literary form, Literature, Metaphor, Symbolism in literature, Theory, Literature, history and criticism