Epilepsy Metaphors : Liminal Spaces of Individuation in American Literature 1990-2015.

Between 1990 and 2015, American literature saw the emergence of a new corpus of epilepsy metaphors which tackle the stigma of epilepsy within three areas: society, body, and language. Eleana Vaja introduces concepts such as protometaphors, relational meta.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vaja, Eleana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2017.
Series:Lettre.
Subjects:
1900-2099
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Individuation (Psychology) in literature.
Epilepsy in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Individuation (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
American literature
Epilepsy in literature
Individuation (Psychology) in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. The Folklore of Epilepsy
  • I.A Falling Asleep: The Stigma of Epilepsy in History
  • I.B American Literature: From Stigma to Metaphor?
  • I.C Ableist Metaphors: Historical Motifs and Normalcy
  • II. Liminal Spaces of Individuation
  • II. A JÃơrgen Link and Michel Foucault: Symptomatic Signification of Proto- and Flexmetaphors
  • II. B George Canguilhem: Vital Materiality and Relational Metaphors
  • II. C Gilbert Simondon: Transindividual Metastability and Conceptual Metaphors
  • III. Epilepsy Metaphors in American Literature (1990â#x80;#x93;2015)III. A Metaphor and Society: Proto- and Flexmetaphors and Calculated Individuation
  • III. B Metaphor and Materiality: The Relational Body and Its Electric Individuation
  • III. C Metaphor and Idioms: Siri Hustvedtâ#x80;#x99;s Metastable Rhetoric as Transindividuation
  • Conclusion

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