Tag Archives: Roland Barthes

Detecting the Person behind the Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: June 18, 2015

What we find when we look for the person behind the literary work.

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The Dangerous Power of Metaphor

By Robin Bates | Published: May 4, 2010

Standard Oil as octopus in an early 20th century cartoon       Today I want to talk about metaphor and its use in political discourse.  Metaphor, or more broadly figurative language, is at the core of what makes literature literature.  Figurative language packs a punch because it is doesn’t confine itself to the literal level.  It connotes […]

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