Hyperboles : the rhetoric of excess in Baroque literature and thought / Christopher D. Johnson.
Hyperboles : the rhetoric of excess in Baroque literature and thought / Christopher D. Johnson.
Hyperboles : the rhetoric of excess in Baroque literature and thought / Christopher D. Johnson.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2010.
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2010.
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N809.91/23
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English
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695 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Classical theories of hyperbole -- Renaissance theories of hyperbole -- Baroque theories of hyperbole -- Yonder: Spanish baroque hyperboles -- Góngora's art of abundance -- Quevedo's poetics of disillusion -- Exorbitant desires: Sor Juana's Sueño -- A dream deferred: the overreacher's conscience -...
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2010.
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Massachusetts
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2010.
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Hyperboles : the rhetoric of excess in Baroque literature and thought / Christopher D. Johnson.
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Harvard studies in comparative literature ; 52.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N809.91/23
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9780674053335 (pbk.)
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809.91
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