Dark and Cloudy Words: Metaphor and Poetry

An examination of the philosophical significance of metaphor and its literary function in poetry ranging from makurakotoba in the Man' yōshū to kenningar in Skaldic poetry, to the use of the trope in a number of modern poets. Critical writings include works by Aristotle, Ki no Tsurayuki, Shelley, Christine Brooke-Rose, Max Black, Donald Davidson, Paul Ricoeur, and Jacques Derrida.