Rehder's study examines the use of metaphor in three of America's greatest poets. Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams and Hart Crane are looked at in turn, their views on metaphor discussed and their use of metaphor in their poems analyzed. Considering Aristotle and Derrida, and taking account of recent theoretical work, Rehder offers an interpretation of why metaphor is fundamental to our thinking and to poetry.
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LiteraturePrint BooksNonfictionLiterary CriticismPoetry - Literary CriticismAmerican LiteratureAmerican Poetry - 20th Century - Literary Criticism20th Century American Literature - Pre WWII - Literary CriticismAmerican poetry->20th century->History and criticismStevens, Wallace (1879-1955)->Criticism and interpretationWilliams, William Carlos (1883-1963)->Criticism and interpretationCrane, Hart (1899-1932)->Criticism and interpretation



