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Hyperboles

- The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought

By Christopher D. Johnson

part of the Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature (HUP) series

part of the Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature series

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About Hyperboles

Offers a comparatist defense of hyperbole in the Baroque period. Focusing on Spanish and Mexican lyric, English drama, and French philosophy, this title reads Baroque hyperbole as a sophisticated, often sublime, frequently satiric means of making sense of worlds and selves in crisis and transformation.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674053335
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 695
  • Published:
  • July 1, 2010
  • Dimensions:
  • 157x231x35 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 980 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: July 28, 2024

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Description of Hyperboles

Offers a comparatist defense of hyperbole in the Baroque period. Focusing on Spanish and Mexican lyric, English drama, and French philosophy, this title reads Baroque hyperbole as a sophisticated, often sublime, frequently satiric means of making sense of worlds and selves in crisis and transformation.

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