No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...
Cristopher Hollingsworth has brought new meaning to “buzz” about books. His Poetics of the Hive: The Insect Metaphor in Literature (University of Iowa Press) mines literary versions of a primal act: ...
Something intimate happens with the right metaphor in fiction. There is an emotion or idea. Instead of describing it directly, the author leads the reader through an intricate series of thoughts: You ...
Professors from universities from Iran and Germany will discuss metaphor and imagination as central discussions to literature and philosophy. Aristotle believes metaphor as the greatest artistic means ...
In a paper read at the International SBL meetings in Vienna, 2007, I discussed the relationship between the literary and literal image. Taking metaphor as the most prominent trope of biblical imagery, ...
Motorcycles provide an open road for literature — literally and figuratively. They're sometimes the dramatic device writers use to talk about many things: adventure, rebellion, even inner peace. But ...
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PESHAWAR: Speakers at a function here on Monday termed noted Urdu poet Prof Mohsin Ehsan as metaphor of refined literary expressions. They said that the late poet got international recognition owing ...
Something intimate happens with the right metaphor in fiction. There is an emotion or idea. Instead of describing it directly, the author leads the reader through an intricate series of thoughts: You ...