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Arts & Humanities Hyperboles: The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought <h4>Department of Comparative Literature, July 2010</h4><h5>By Christopher D. Johnson</h5> DateApril 12, 2011 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Trending Is organic better? Why are ineffective oral decongestants still on store shelves? So what exactly makes Taylor Swift so great? How federal missteps opened door to COVID misinformation Tab for liver disease tied to drinking projected to double over 20 years Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Christopher Johnson defends the role of Baroque period hyperbole in Spanish and Mexican lyrics, English drama, and French philosophy.
