{"product_id":"the-subtle-subtext-9780271091976","title":"The Subtle Subtext","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines forms of double meaning, including allusion, ambiguity, innuendo, and courteous phrases used in daily life, politics, and literature. Draws on examples from across the human sciences, from Homer to Shakespeare, Molière, Proust, Foucault, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this lively and original work, Laurent Pernot argues that the production of double meaning is a far more wide-ranging phenomenon than we previously thought. Alongside the ‘figured speech’ of ancient Greek and Roman rhetoric, Pernot explores a wealth of cases from nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, politics, and popular culture. From Michel Foucault’s \u003ci\u003eparrhēsia\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe X-Files\u003c\/i\u003e, dog whistles, and Pink Floyd: there’s much here to delight and instruct.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Susan C. Jarratt,author of \u003ci\u003eChain of Gold: Greek Rhetoric in the Roman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pernot adroitly builds his case for the remarkable linguistic faculty that permits one to persuade, convince, illustrate, argue, and entertain most effectively with indirectness and courtesy and by playing with language.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—K. Liu \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400816107863,"sku":"9780271091976","price":75.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271091976.jpg?v=1730471644","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-subtle-subtext-9780271091976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}