Contagious metaphor / Peta Mitchell |
Autore | Mitchell Peta |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York, : Continuum, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.032 |
Soggetto topico |
Metaphor - Social aspects
Metaphor in literature Contagion (Social psychology) |
ISBN |
1-4725-4233-9
1-283-85337-X 1-4411-9743-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contagious metaphor -- Pestilence and poison winds: literary contagions and the endurance of miasma theory -- The French fin de siecle and the birth of social contagion theory -- The contagion of example -- Infectious ideas: Dawkins, meme theory, and the politics of metaphor -- Networks of contagion
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Due Preparations -- 1. Contagious metaphor -- 2. Pestilence and poison winds: Literary contagions and the endurance of miasma theory -- 3. The French fin de siècle and the birth of social contagion theory -- 4. The contagion of example -- 5. Infectious ideas: Richard Dawkins, meme theory, and the politics of metaphor -- 6. Networks of contagion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462561503321 |
Mitchell Peta
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London ; New York, : Continuum, 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contagious metaphor / Peta Mitchell |
Autore | Mitchell Peta |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York, : Continuum, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.032 |
Soggetto topico |
Metaphor - Social aspects
Metaphor in literature Contagion (Social psychology) |
ISBN |
1-4725-4233-9
1-283-85337-X 1-4411-9743-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contagious metaphor -- Pestilence and poison winds: literary contagions and the endurance of miasma theory -- The French fin de siecle and the birth of social contagion theory -- The contagion of example -- Infectious ideas: Dawkins, meme theory, and the politics of metaphor -- Networks of contagion
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Due Preparations -- 1. Contagious metaphor -- 2. Pestilence and poison winds: Literary contagions and the endurance of miasma theory -- 3. The French fin de siècle and the birth of social contagion theory -- 4. The contagion of example -- 5. Infectious ideas: Richard Dawkins, meme theory, and the politics of metaphor -- 6. Networks of contagion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786585803321 |
Mitchell Peta
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London ; New York, : Continuum, 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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