David Punter is Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol. He has published widely on Gothic, romantic and contemporary literature, psychoanalysis, postcolonial studies and literary theory.

• Introduction 1. The Classical Problem: Figurative Language 2. Eastern and Western Metaphor 3. Public Metaphor 4. Metaphor and the ‘Text Instead’ 5. Metaphor and Psychoanalysis 6. Metaphor, The Uncanny, Déjà-vu 7. Metaphor, Difference, Untranslateability 8. Metaphor and the Postcolonial Turn 9. Some Examples and Limits 10. Conclusion Glossary Bibliography

David Punter is Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol. He has published widely on Gothic, romantic and contemporary literature, psychoanalysis, postcolonial studies and literary theory.

• Introduction 1. The Classical Problem: Figurative Language 2. Eastern and Western Metaphor 3. Public Metaphor 4. Metaphor and the ‘Text Instead’ 5. Metaphor and Psychoanalysis 6. Metaphor, The Uncanny, Déjà-vu 7. Metaphor, Difference, Untranslateability 8. Metaphor and the Postcolonial Turn 9. Some Examples and Limits 10. Conclusion Glossary Bibliography

David Punter is Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol. He has published widely on Gothic, romantic and contemporary literature, psychoanalysis, postcolonial studies and literary theory.

• Introduction 1. The Classical Problem: Figurative Language 2. Eastern and Western Metaphor 3. Public Metaphor 4. Metaphor and the ‘Text Instead’ 5. Metaphor and Psychoanalysis 6. Metaphor, The Uncanny, Déjà-vu 7. Metaphor, Difference, Untranslateability 8. Metaphor and the Postcolonial Turn 9. Some Examples and Limits 10. Conclusion Glossary Bibliography