Laurent Pernot

Gebundenes Buch

The Subtle Subtext

Hidden Meanings in Literature and Life

Beschreibung

Examines forms of double meaning, including allusion, ambiguity, innuendo, and courteous phrases used in daily life, politics, and literature. Draws on examples from across the human sciences, from Homer to Shakespeare, Molière, Proust, Foucault, and others.

Autor

Laurent Pernot is Member of the Institut de France and Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Strasbourg. He is the author of numerous books in his field, including Rhetoric in Antiquity; Alexandre le Grand: Les risques du pouvoir;and Epideictic Rhetoric: Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise. He is also the editor of New Chapters in the History of Rhetoric.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9780271091976
• ISBN-10: 0271091975
• Artikelnr.: 62607054