10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARALIPSIS»
Discover the use of
paralipsis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
paralipsis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method
This kind of lateral ellipsis we will call, conforming to etymology and not
excessively straining rhetorical usage, a paralipsis. 25 Like temporal ellipsis,
paralipsis obviously lends itself very nicely to retrospective filling-in. For instance
Swann's ...
2
The Development of Shakespeare's Rhetoric: A Study of Nine Plays
Another figure efficient in direct interaction is paralipsis, pretending to pass over a
matter but relating it nonetheless (97 occurrences, 3.6 instances per thousand
lines). It is effective because a hearer often assumes that the part of a thought or ...
Stefan Daniel Keller, 2009
3
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition
Paralipsis has been used as synonymous with paralepsis (Gr., “a taking aside”),
though the precision of this use is questionable. *Aposiopesis (Gr., “a becoming
silent”) is different from paralipsis since it refers to the speaker's coming to an ...
Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, 2012
4
Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human Soul
... 79, 81, 82, 85, 90), paralipsis (1.5.13-22), synecdoche (1.5.3, 22, 36, 40, 79, 87
), puns (1.5.4, 8, 61, 91), and hendiadys (1.5.3, 13, 18, 70). In addition to his
being another Hamlet, as a ghost he himself is a double: at once the former king
and ...
5
Alice Walker's The Color Purple
Another point of paralipsis in The Color Purple requires reading at least four
letters in order to figure out the whole scene. In one letter, Squeak goes to see
the warden of the prison in order to get Sofia out (93). In the second letter,
Squeak gets ...
6
New Perspectives on Narrative Perspective
In Genette's opinion, infractions of modes of focalization fall into two categories:
paralipsis and paralepsis (1972 [1980]: 195-97; in Narrative Discourse Revisited
published ten years later, Genette still firmly sticks to this distinction). The former ...
Willie van Peer, Seymour Benjamin Chatman, 2001
7
Examining Argumentation in Context: Fifteen Studies on ...
The presentation of praeterio Praeteritio is a figure of thought by which, according
to the Oxford Dictionary of English (2005), “attention is drawn to something by
professing to omit it”. The figure is also known as paralipsis, antiphrasis,
occultatio ...
Frans H. van Eemeren, Frans Hendrik Eemeren, 2009
8
Coming to Terms: The Rhetoric of Narrative in Fiction and Film
The omission of crucial data in the unraveling of a story is not a matter of
unreliability but of that special form of analepsis which, as Gerard Genette puts it,
"sidesteps" an event and which he dubs "paralipsis." Para- lipsis omits "one of the
...
Seymour Benjamin Chatman, 1990
9
Narrative as Rhetoric: Technique, Audiences, Ethics, Ideology
sions: (1) as with the paralipsis in Joe Butler's narration, the paralepsis is not
violating the conventions of mimesis; those conventions are somewhat elastic
and the criterion "what is probable or possible in life" can sometimes give way,
even in ...
10
Living to Tell about it: A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character ...
This information, regardless of how we decide the question of unreliability,
establishes the passage as an instance of what Genette calls paralipsis: the
narrator not telling as much as he or she knows. My question is about how to
read the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARALIPSIS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
paralipsis is used in the context of the following news items.
In defense of narcissism
Our narcissism and belief in the importance of our views is cloaked by the issues we engage with. But this is nothing more than paralipsis. «CU Columbia Spectator, Apr 15»
Review: Forensic Shakespeare, by Quentin Skinner
Antony cunningly uses the figure, paralipsis or occulatio, implanting a picture in the audience's mind by pretending not to want to say something ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
Heartache at Hockey Prom: The Least-Coveted Trophy at the NHL …
We can see shadows of it—the foundation that Moore has established in his wife's memory, the paralipsis of a season away from hockey, and, ... «New Yorker, Jun 14»
the art of sneaky rhetoric
Sometimes, thanks to a long-ago scribal error, it is called occupatio; but legitimate synonyms include paralipsis and praeteritio. And apophasis. «Financial Times, May 14»
Council Votes to Create WeHo Version of Rainbow Flag for City Hall
It is a “paralipsis”; a devious way to deny what has already been said by emphasizing a point while seeming to pass over it and a strategy often ... «WEHOville, Feb 14»
The Fundamental Public Speaking Mistake Chris Christie Just Made
There is a technique in public speaking called Paralipsis, which is to put something into the mind of an audience by denying that you want to ... «Huffington Post, Jan 14»
Anything Goes Is the New Conventional: On Richard Cohen and …
First, this is a pretty good example of one of my favorite rhetorical devices, paralipsis (or is it apophasis?)—saying something while saying that ... «Pacific Standard, Nov 13»
Philip Roth's Eightieth-Birthday Celebration
... of it—a rhetorical move, he admitted, known as paralipsis—Roth finally settled into his real theme of the night: death. Happy birthday, indeed! «New Yorker, Mar 13»
Fire Update: Horsethief fire slowed considerably
Paralipsis to sell ads is cheap and requires no talent. Mike. Do backcountry skiers or climbers have to pay when SAE has to drag their asses ... «Planet Jackson Hole, Sep 12»
The uses of praeteritio
Praeteritio (or paralipsis) is the ever useful device of mentioning something while professing to avoid it, as Simon does at the end of his letter in ... «Power Line, Oct 11»
