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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"prosopopoeia"”.
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Irony and otherness : a study of some recent South African narrative fiction
… as permanent parabasis in terms of the tropes of prosopopoeia and catachresis. Any representation of the other must be interrupted continually as it is a prosopopoeia of otherness (in that it gives otherness a face) and therefore a catachresis (for the other has no face and must be given one). The …
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Travelling in the direction of mortality': Wandering the Topography of Wordsworthian Selfhood
… de Man's analysis of the rhetorical figure of prosopopoeia as a figure propelled by 'the art of delicate transition,' this thesis unearths the way in which Wordsworth, in 'Essay upon Epitaphs,' portrays epitaph as an archetypical example of prosopopoeic transition. Indeed, in 'Essay,' …
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The spurn of the screw : Henry James's project of perversion management in three late supernatural tales
… of the ghostly. James's use of preterition, prosopopoeia, and aposiopesis in the creation of a discursively gothic environment is discussed in the context of the Victorian idea of manhood, the precarious role of the governess, and the development of the urban American male of the early …
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Paul's opponents and views of women in 1 Corinthians
… movement in the Roman Empire. The style of prosopopoeia within letter writing will be introduced and suggested to be a factor within the modern reader’s understanding of the context of Paul’s letters. This will be supported by works by S.K. Stowers. Finally, Paul’s relation to women as his …