ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHIASMUS
From New Latin, from Greek khiasmos crisscross arrangement.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIASMUS»
Discover the use of
chiasmus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chiasmus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Great
Chiasmus: Word and Flesh in the Novels of Unamuno
" -From The Great Chiasmus In The Great Chiasmus, Paul R. Olson explores the use of the chiasmus in the work of Miguel de Unamuno.
2
Chi-thinking:
Chiasmus and Cognition
Key terms. chiasmus, rhetorical figure, cognitive rhetoric cognitive semantics, iconicity, Kenneth Burke
Patricia Ann Lissner, 2007
The fourth type, the spiral, represents the power of chiasmus to embrace paradox
and contradiction in an enlarging and possibly unending process which opens
possibilities oftranscending the ordinary constraints of our understanding of ...
Boris Wiseman, Anthony Paul, 2014
4
The Shape of Biblical Language:
Chiasmus in the Scriptures ...
Their detection and analysis, therefore, is essential for accurate biblical interpretation. Written chiastically, the Bible should be read chiastically. This book guides the reader systematically and effectively toward just such a reading.
It has intrigued many students of ancient writing. This bibliography cites articles and books that discuss chiasmus in scripture and other literature. Thirty years in the making, it is the most exhaustive work of its kind ever completed.
John Woodland Welch, Daniel Boyd McKinlay, 1999
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The Second Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the ...
For instance, it is fascinating to note that exactly the same verses that Garland (
422-23) sees as the outer elements of his chiasmus in chs. 10-13 (i.e., 10:1-1 1 [A
] and 13:1-10 [A1]), Sundermann (47) views as (respectively) the exordium and ...
7
Reading Shakespeare's Will: The Theology of Figure from ...
ABBA pattern of inversion, chiasmus bridges difference through repetition, and
yet suspends resolution; meaning is generated through chiastic crossing, but
answers are deferred. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can
do ...
8
Shifting Ground: Reinventing Landscape in Modern American Poetry
... of matter ("ground") and mind ("profound"). Vague dream-head lifted out of the
ground, And thing next most diffuse to cloud, Not all your light tongues talking
aloud Could be profound. But just as the first stanza used chiasmus to cross the ...
Bonnie. COSTELLO, Bonnie Costello, 2009
9
Gnomon of the New Testament
I. Chiasmus is observed as being either direct or inverted. Direct Chiasmus is,
when the former word or proposition in the first pair ought to be referred to the
former word or proposition in the second pair : and the latter word or proposition
in the ...
Johann Albrecht Bengel, Ernest Bengel, Johann Christian Friedrich Steudel, 1858
10
The Wild Card of Reading: On Paul de Man
Is this figure that crosses all the orders of a text — this "chiasmus, the crossing
that reverses the attributes of words and things" (AR, p. 38), the chiasm of the
figural potential of language — is this the center of the text? Can "a poetics of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIASMUS»
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chiasmus is used in the context of the following news items.
Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2015 Book Preview
The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch: The visionary editor of Chiasmus Press and first to publish books by Kate Zambreno and Lily ... «The Millions, Jul 15»
Just A Few Important Words About The 'Declaration Of Independence'
But the declaration employs a chiasmus. That's a rhetorical device in which the second of two parallel phrases is inverted. In this case, "Friends" ... «KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest, Jul 15»
Celebrate 30 years of Back To The Future with 13 insane fan theories
Then there's Robert Lockard, who suggested in 2014 that the entire Back To The Future trilogy is one big chiasmus. What's a chiasmus? «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
Dear Elizabeth Previewed
In Sarah Ruhl's play Dear Elizabeth, Chiasmus Productions have taken on a real challenge. Almost entirely comprised of letters between the ... «Oxford Student, Jun 15»
Diesel Engine Factory / CHIASMUS
Designed by Beijing & Seoul based architects CHIASMUS, redevelopment of the site focused on the preservation of the existing spatial ... «ArchDaily, Jun 15»
chiasmus converts diesel engine factory into vast civic space in china
beijing and seoul based practice chiasmus has converted a former 5,000 sq. meter diesel engine factory into the vanke 1948 club which ... «Designboom, Jun 15»
MedCamps now supports archery, paintball course
The Chiasmus range is a barrier-free, wheelchair-accessible pavilion and gathering space for Medcamps. Students from Louisiana Tech ... «Monroe News Star, Jun 15»
Poem of the week: The Sheaves by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Line eight persists with the sense of mystery and unknowability. The deft chiasmus there seems to reach out to a kind of religious paradox. «The Guardian, May 15»
Rahm's zenith of cynicism: Steinberg
Nice chiasmus, your Honor, but what does that even mean? I half expected Rahm to trot out a kindergarten class, right there on stage at the ... «Chicago Sun-Times, May 15»
University Challenge: can you answer the killer questions?
... Alec Douglas-Home and Margaret Thatcher); Sanskrit; Simone de Beauvoir; Pictures of an Exhibition; Chiasmus; Magma; Hapax legomenon. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
