What we find when we look for the person behind the literary work.
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Detecting the Person behind the Poetry
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The Dangerous Power of Metaphor
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 […]
