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: ...
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 ...
This post is part 2 of a series. To see the first entry, click here. In my last post, we discussed how literature can force you to become aware of and understand specific things. We considered how ...
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, ...
A common misconception is that slang constitutes a "corrupt" form of language, and that because it deviates from accepted norms of "appropriateness," it must be regarded as an inferior mode of ...
KSN/KODE — The hamster wheel has become a symbol of modern life’s routine and futility — for good reason. It’s often depicted in films, movies, cartoons, and used as a metaphor in literature. But why ...
Motorcycles provide an open road for literature, a device writers can use to talk about adventure, rebellion, even inner peace. NPR's Mandalit del... Vroom, Vroom, Hmmmm: Motorcycles As Literary ...
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