Chiasmus and Culture

by Anthony Paul

Anyone who has heard of chiasmus is likely to think of it as no more than a piece of rhetorical playfulness, at times challenging, though useful for supplying a memorable sententious note or for performing a pirouette of syntax and thought. Going beyond traditional rhetoric, this volume is concerned with the possibility of using the figure of chiasmus to model a broad array of phenomena, from human relations to artistic creation. In the process,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857459600
• ISBN13: 9780857459602
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"