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, Deja-vu 7. Metaphor, Difference, Untranslateability 8. Metaphor and the Postcolonial Turn 9. Some Examples and Limits 10. Conclusion Glossary Bibliography