The Great Chiasmus: Word and Flesh in the Novels of Unamuno

by Paul Olson

In The Great Chiasmus, Paul R. Olson explores the use of the chiasmus in the work of Miguel de Unamuno. The chiasmus, a reversal in the order of words or parts of speech in parallel phrases, appears on a variety of levels, from brief microstructures (blanca como la nieve y como la nieve fria), to the narrative structures of entire novel. Olson even suggests the chiasmus encompasses the stages in Unamuno's novelistic work, forming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557532613
• ISBN13: 9781557532619
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"