The Subtle Subtext: Hidden Meanings in Literature and Life

by Laurent Pernot

Subtexts are all around us. In conversation, business transactions, politics, literature, philosophy, and even love, the art of expressing more than what is explicitly said allows us to live and move in the world. But rarely do we reflect on this subterranean dimension of communication.

In this book, renowned classicist and scholar of rhetoric Laurent Pernot explores the fascinating world of subtext. Of the two meanings present in any instance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271091975
• ISBN13: 9780271091976
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"