Motives for metaphor : literacy, curriculum reform, and the teaching of English / James E. Seitz.

Author/creator Seitz, James E., 1958-
Format Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxii, 254 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture. ^A299123
Contents Acknowledgments -- Prologue: metaphor and the English studies curriculum -- pt. 1. Paradox: Aberrant figures: composition and the "teaching" of metaphor. Higher learning: reading (for) metaphor in the literature class -- pt. 2. Possibility: Literal fictions: equivalence, difference, and the dialogic metaphor. "Other formulations": reading and writing the fragmentary text. Performing selves: the writer as metaphor. Epilogue: toward a metaphoric curriculum.
Local noteLittle-311012--305131016809.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.
LCCN 99006118
ISBN0822940930 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0822956926 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PE66 .S46 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold