Screen LibraryLearning from language：symmetry, asymmetry, and literary humanism
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University of Pittsburgh Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Pittsburgh |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 196 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0822960389 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780822960386 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | H315 |
| CLC: | H315 |
| Call Number: | H315/B366 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index. 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. |