Mixed Metaphors

Mixed Metaphors
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9781443879224
ISBN-13 : 1443879223
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Book Synopsis Mixed Metaphors by : Stefanie Knöll

Download or read book Mixed Metaphors written by Stefanie Knöll and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking collection of essays by a host of international authorities addresses the many aspects of the Danse Macabre, a subject that has been too often overlooked in Anglo-American scholarship. The Danse was once a major motif that occurred in many different media and spread across Europe in the course of the fifteenth century, from France to England, Germany, Scandinavia, Poland, Spain, Italy and Istria. Yet the Danse is hard to define because it mixes metaphors, such as dance, di ...


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