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Hardcover Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?: A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation Book

ISBN: 0674055179

ISBN13: 9780674055179

Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?: A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation

In culture and scholarship, science-fictional worlds are perceived as unrealistic and altogether imaginary. Seo-Young Chu offers a bold challenge to this perception of the genre, arguing instead that science fiction is a form of "high-intensity realism" capable of representing non-imaginary objects that elude more traditional, "realist" modes of representation. Powered by lyric forces that allow it to transcend the dichotomy between the literal...

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