Tabla de Contenidos: “…Albee and the Absurd: The American dream and The zoo story.--Zimbardo, R. A. Symbolism and naturalism in Edward Albee's The zoo story.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Section I About Metaphors -- 1 How We Usually Understand Metaphor -- Metaphor as a Figure of Speech -- Metaphor as a Means of Persuasion -- References -- 2 Metaphor as a Way of Thinking -- Metaphor and Our Conceptual System -- Source Domains, Target Domains, and Metaphoric Entailments -- How Conceptual Metaphor Affects Thought and Action -- References -- 3 Structural Metaphor -- Orientational, Ontological, and Structural Metaphor -- Gareth Morgan's Application of Structural Metaphor -- References -- Section II Metaphor as a Tool for Character Analysis -- 4 Character Analysis and the Limitations of Ontological Metaphor -- External and Internal Character Analysis -- Examples of Character Analysis Techniques -- The Limits of Ontological Metaphor and the Promise of Structural Metaphor -- References -- 5 Using Structural Metaphor for Character Analysis -- The Action of the Play as a Machine -- The Action of the Play as an Organism -- The Action of the Play as a Culture -- Going Beyond One -- References -- Section III Applying the Method -- 6 How this Might Have Worked for Angeline in The Zoo Story -- The Action of the Play as a Machine -- The Action of the Play as an Organism -- The Action of the Play as a Culture -- References -- 7 How this Worked for Angeline in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike -- The Action of the Play as a Machine -- The Action of the Play as an Organism -- The Action of the Play as a Culture -- References -- Index…”