Toward a definition of topos
approaches to analogical reasoning
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Hunter, Lynette. - Contributor
Publication
1991 - Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Language
English
Word Count
57,750 words, Guess
Page Count
231 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1047233M
- ISBN-100333523539
- OCLC Control Number21228552
- Library of Congress Control Number93248044
- LibraryThing2644384
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- Goodreads4989257
Classifications
- DDC820.9/15
- LCCPR149.P53 T69 1991
Description
Allegories, rhetoric, imagery, commonplaces, cliches and archetypes are discussed in connection with the literary work of authors such as Montaigne, Shakespeare, Jules Verne, Emile Zola and James Joyce. The word 'topos' means place, either physical, natural, logical or rhetorical. This collections of essays covers a wide range of mostly English literature from Chaucer and Spenser, via Fielding, to Joyce, with one or two incursions into French writing, in the form of essays on Montaigne and Verne, seeking to apply a rhetorical understanding of 'topos' or commonplaces to the criticism of literature. -- Book jacket.
Subjects
Topics
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