This special issue of
Symbolism: An International Annual of Critical Aesthetics explores the various functions of metaphor in life writing. Looking at a range of autobiographical subgenres (pathography, disability narratives, memoirs of migration, autofiction) and different kinds of metaphors, the contributions seek to ‘map’ the possibilities of metaphor for narratively framing an individual life and for constructing notions of selfhood.
About the author
Rüdiger Ahrens, Uni Würzburg, Germany; Florian Kläger, Uni Bayreuth, Germany; Klaus Stierstorfer, Uni Münster, Germany.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 232 ● ISBN 9783110579796 ● File size 4.5 MB ● Editor Rüdiger Ahrens & Florian Kläger ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2018 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6966538 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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