Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?: A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation PDF
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DO METAP HORS DREAM OF LITERAL SLEEP? DO METAPHORS DREAM OF LITERAL SLEEP? A Science-Fictional Th eory of Representation SEO-YOUNG CHU HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, En gland 2010 Copyright © 2010 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Th e poem “L’Art 1910” by Ezra Pound, from PERSONAE, is copyright © 1926 by Ezra Pound. It is reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. Additional credits appear before the index. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Chu, Seo-Y oung, 1978– Do metap hors dream of literal sleep? : a science- fi ctional theory of repres en ta tion / Seo- Young Chu. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0 - 674-0 5517- 9 (alk. paper) 1. Science fi ction, American— 20th century— History and criticism. 2. Literature and technology—United States—H istory—20th century. 3. Literature and society— United States—H istory—20th century. 4. Literary form. I. Title. PS374.S35C49 2010 813'.0876209—dc22 2010014760 To my parents Contents Introduction: Lyric Mimesis 1 Interlude: Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? 82 1 Th e Globalized World 85 2 Cyberspace in the 1990s 127 3 War Trauma 153 4 Postmemory Han 188 5 Robot Rights 214 Epilogue: A Science-Fictional Th eory of Reality 245 Notes 251 Bibliography 267 Credits 289 Acknowledgments 291 Index 295 DO METAP HORS DREAM OF LITERAL SLEEP?
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