"Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise!": Apostrophe as Suture in "Eloisa to Abelard".

Autor:	Stoll, Rebecca Roma
Předmět:	APOSTROPHE (Rhetoric) ENGLISH poetry 18TH century English poetry LITERARY criticism ABSENCE in literature PRESENCE in literature NARRATIVE poetry
Zdroj:	Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation; Fall2015, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p343-358, 16p
Abstrakt:	The article presents a critique of the 1717 English narrative poem "Eloisa to Abelard," by Alexander Pope, focusing on its thematic use of the apostrophe figure of speech. Topics addressed include discussion of the diverse features which the figure of speech can perform rhetorically, specific recurring instances of apostrophe within the poem, and discussion of how Eloisa's communications exemplify the concepts of presence and absence.
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