10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARALEIPSIS»
Discover the use of
paraleipsis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
paraleipsis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English Language in its Elements and Forms With a ...
compare, is an allegorical representation or relation of something real in life or
nature, from which a moral is drawn. See the Parable of the Poor Man and his
Lamb, 2 Sam., xii. ; the Parable of the Ten Virgins, Matt., xxv. PARALEIPSIS. §
461.
2
Edgar Allan Poe: Rhetoric and Style
One of the most obnoxious and offensive of rhetorical devices is paraleipsis -
pretending not to mention something while mentioning it. Dupriez calls this figure
"eminently rhetorical" (353). Lanham, using the synonym occultatio (104), and ...
3
English grammar: The English language in its elements and ...
PARALEIPSIS. § 461. Paraleipsis, Greek paraleipsis, omission, is a figure by
which a speaker pretends to pass by what at the same time he really mentions. 1.
"I might say many thiDgs of his liberality, kindness to his domestics, his command
...
William Chauncey Fowler, F. A. Marsh, 1871
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The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a ...
See the Parable of the Poor Man and his Lamb, 2 Sam., xii. ; the Parable of the
Ten Virgins, Matt., xxv. paraleipsis. § 646. Paraleipsis, Greek napdXeitjitg,
omission, is a figure by which a speaker pretends to pass by what at the same
time he ...
William Chauncey Fowler, 1850
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The rhetorical speaker and poetical class book
PARALEIPSIS. The Paraleipsis, (from irapa, and Xuiroi, to leave,) sometimes
called Apophasis, and Ampliminus, expresses the seeming omission of
something in order to enhance its value, as, " I might say many things of his
liberality, of his ...
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Concise English Dictionary
n.sing. paralinguistics the study of paralanguage. [para-1, and language,
linguistic(s). ] paraldehyde par-al'di-htd, n. a polymer. (C,H40)3, of acetaldehyde.
used to induce sleep, [para-1 and aldehyde. | paraleipsis, paraMpsis par-3-ITp'
sis, -lip', ...
7
Rhetoric at Rome: A Historical Survey
Fronto protests in reply that on the contrary he is speaking better than ever:
witness a recent speech which contained, among other virtues, a remarkable
example of paraleipsis. 'You have shown', the letter ends, 'originality in beginning
your ...
Professor M L Clarke, 2002
It is unfortunate that several of the best Indian scholars have adopted the term "
paraleipsis" as a translation, for that is quite a different figure both in form and
intent. An example from the Rhetorica ad Herennium is: "I would speak of your
vices, ...
Ānandavardhana, Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls, 1990
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Secret of the Muses Retold: Classical Influences on Italian ...
3, 109 ogkos, granitas (see majesty, weightiness) oida, I3n.2i Olmeius, 136
omission, purposeful (paraleipsis), in rhetoric, 91 On the Sublime, 85-86 and nn.
onomatopoeia, 34n. 13, 37 opera, compared with film, 129 opera aperta, 1 02
oral vs.
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Modern Feminist Theory
In this passage of Les guérillères elles engages in a discourse of non-exaltation
of their bodies—in so doing, it employs a rhetoric of paraleipsis or suggestion by
omission. The women say that they perceive their bodies in their entirety.
