Hyperbole in Proust

[...]I shall consider hyperbole as a figure of differentiation, one that bears a certain relation to figures of contradiction as well as to figures of identity, yet withiout being reducible to eithier of these.

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Published inMLN Vol. 129; no. 4; pp. 829 - 854
Main Author Wasser, Audrey
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press 01.09.2014
Johns Hopkins University Press
Subjects
Crucifixion
French literature
Hyperbole
Irony
Metaphors
Metonymy
Narrators
Novels
Proust, Marcel (1871-1922)
Rhetorical figures
Writing
Written narratives
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Summary:[...]I shall consider hyperbole as a figure of differentiation, one that bears a certain relation to figures of contradiction as well as to figures of identity, yet withiout being reducible to eithier of these.
ISSN:0026-7910
1080-6598
1080-6598
DOI:10.1353/mln.2014.0088