Metaphor and Symbol

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Foreword v
• Preface vii
• Contents ix
• Speakers i
• Semantics and Ontology 1
• The Hinterland of Thought 10
• The Image of the Delinquent in Literature, 1955-1960 24
• Content and Communication in the Visual Arts 38
• The Meaning of the Word 'Literal' 48
• Imagination and Experience 64
• Paranormal Cognition and Symbolism 78
• Metaphor and Symbol 95
• The Function of Symbols in Religious Experience 104
• The Concept of Myth in Literature 120
• Idea and Symbol: Some Hints from Coleridge 135

• Title Page iii
• Foreword v
• Preface vii
• Contents ix
• Speakers i
• Semantics and Ontology 1
• The Hinterland of Thought 10
• The Image of the Delinquent in Literature, 1955-1960 24
• Content and Communication in the Visual Arts 38
• The Meaning of the Word 'Literal' 48
• Imagination and Experience 64
• Paranormal Cognition and Symbolism 78
• Metaphor and Symbol 95
• The Function of Symbols in Religious Experience 104
• The Concept of Myth in Literature 120
• Idea and Symbol: Some Hints from Coleridge 135
• List of Members 149