The (Il)logic of Metaphor in Crane's The Bridge

被引：1

作者：

Beckett, Angela ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717 USA

来源：

TEXTUAL PRACTICE | 2011年 / 25卷 / 01期

关键词：

Hart Crane; Paul Ricoeur; metaphor; connotation; homosexuality; CRANE; HART;

D O I：

10.1080/09502361003752110

中图分类号：

I [文学];

学科分类号：

05 ;

摘要：

Recent Crane criticism links Crane's proliferative language to indeterminacy, dissipation, and the loss of meaning. I argue that we might better understand Crane's 'logic of metaphor' as a strategy of semantic dispersal and recovery. I examine homosexual figuration in three sections of Hart Crane's The Bridge: 'Ave Maria', 'The River', and 'Cape Hatteras'. Drawing on Paul Ricoeur's concept of 'metaphoric cognition' as well as Hart Crane's own 'logic of metaphor', I argue that The Bridge arches towards the recovery of homosexual meaning through the tensional experience of individual metaphoric moments.

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