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Learning from language [electronic resource] : symmetry, asymmetry, and literary humanism / Walter H. Beale

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Beale, Walter H.
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Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2009.
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ix, 196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents:
Symmetry, asymmetry, and literary humanism -- Two famous asymmetrists -- Six claims of symmetry -- Reading the world: structural analogy -- Creating the world: the performative principle -- Naming and renaming the world -- Figuring (out) the world: tropes and tropology -- Style and virtue -- Conclusion: the love of words.
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ISBN:
0822960389 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822960386 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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