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"Literally" a parody of overuse
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>Could VN have deliberately chosen
> such a grotesque image in keeping with other surreal aspects of
> Cincinnatus's confinement? SES
I also wondered about this.
Anthony Stadlen
I can remember my delight in reading that very passage for the first
time. Jan Freeman objects to the cliche'd use of 'literally' used as
hyperbole. In the context of the surreal atmosphere of the novel,
I think there is an ambiguous irony as to whether 'literally'
literally
means literally! Freeman should have singled out this passage as a
brilliant parody of its overuse, and not as another base offense.
Scott Houldin
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> such a grotesque image in keeping with other surreal aspects of
> Cincinnatus's confinement? SES
I also wondered about this.
Anthony Stadlen
I can remember my delight in reading that very passage for the first
time. Jan Freeman objects to the cliche'd use of 'literally' used as
hyperbole. In the context of the surreal atmosphere of the novel,
I think there is an ambiguous irony as to whether 'literally'
literally
means literally! Freeman should have singled out this passage as a
brilliant parody of its overuse, and not as another base offense.
Scott Houldin
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archive/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu