Learning from Language : Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Literary Humanism /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beale, Walter H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009.
Series:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Symmetry in literature.
English language > Rhetoric.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Symmetry, asymmetry, and literary humanism
  • Two famous asymmetrists
  • Six claims of symmetry
  • Reading the world: structural analogy
  • Creating the world: the performative principle
  • Naming and renaming the world
  • Figuring (out) the world: tropes and tropology
  • Style and virtue
  • Conclusion: the love of words.

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