You are hereHomeBible ReviewOctober 1992“Subdue the Earth”: What Does It Mean? Annette Kolodny, The Lay of the Land: Metaphor as Experience and History in American Life and Letters (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975). Written from a Freudian perspective. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.