Hyperboles: The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought

April 12, 2011 1 min read

<h4>Department of Comparative Literature, July 2010</h4><h5>By Christopher D. Johnson</h5>

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Christopher Johnson defends the role of Baroque period hyperbole in Spanish and Mexican lyrics, English drama, and French philosophy.

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<h4>Department of Comparative Literature, July 2010</h4><h5>By Christopher D. Johnson</h5>

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