Contents

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Foreword to the English Edition of Literary Rhetoric

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Part I Rhetoric and Literature

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Chapter One From the Decline of Rhetoric to its Revival

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Chapter Two Rhetorical Literature

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Chapter Three Literary Rhetoric

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Chapter Four Rhetoric and Literary Criticism

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Part II The Realm of Rhetoric

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Chapter One Approaches to Rhetoric

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Chapter Two The Domains of Rhetoric

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Chapter Three The Rhetoric of Figures

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Chapter Four The System of Figures

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4.1 Design of a New Model of Figures

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4.2 Model Comparison as Model Critique

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4.2.1 Historical Models of Figures of Speech

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4.2.2 Modern Models of Figures of Speech

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4.2.3 Critical Synopsis

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4.3 Pragmatic and Semantic Figures of Speech

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Chapter Five Competence and Performance

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Chapter Six The Aesthetics of the Figures of Speech

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Part III The System of Figures

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Chapter One Phonological Figures

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1.1 Phonaesthetic Basic Structure: The Phonic Figures

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1.1.1 Figures of Phonological Deviation (Metaphonemes)

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1.1.1.1 Addition

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1.1.1.2 Subtraction

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1.1.1.3 Permutation

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1.1.1.4 Substitution

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Text Analysis: Ernst Jandl, “etüde in f” Verses 1–3 (in: Ernst Jandl, Laut und Luise. Neuwied/Berlin: Luchterhand, 1971, p. 14)

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1.1.2 Figures of Phonological Equivalence (Isophonemes)

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1.1.2.1 Position

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1.1.2.2 Extent

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1.1.2.3 Similarity

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1.1.2.4 Frequency

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1.1.2.5 Distribution

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Text Analysis: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” (In: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poems and Prose, ed. W.H. Gardner. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961, p. 30)

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1.1.2.6 Digression: Semantic Aspects of Phonaesthetics

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1.2 Phonaesthetic Superstructure: The Prosodic Figures

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1.2.1 Phonaesthetic Competence: Metre

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1.2.1.1 Accent Figures

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1.2.1.1.1 Position

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1.2.1.1.2 Extent

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1.2.1.1.3 Similarity

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1.2.1.1.4 Frequency

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1.2.1.1.5 Distribution

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1.2.1.2 Pause Figures and Pitch Figures

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1.2.2 Phonaesthetic Performance: Rhythm

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1.2.2.1 Deviating Accentuation

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1.2.2.2 Deviating Pausation

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Text Analysis: William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (V.I.108–117)

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1.3 The Interaction of Phonic and Prosodic Figures

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Chapter Two Morphological Figures

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2.1 Figures of Morphological Deviation (Metamorphemes)

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2.1.1 Intra-word Deviation

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2.1.1.1 Addition

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2.1.1.2 Subtraction

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2.1.1.3 Permutation

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2.1.1.4 Substitution

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Text Analysis: Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky (The Annotated Alice, ed. Martin Gardner. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966, p. 191)

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2.1.2 Context-bound Deviations

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2.1.2.1 Diastratic Deviations

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2.1.2.2 Diatopic Deviations

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2.1.2.3 Bilingual or Multilingual Deviations

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2.1.2.4 Diachronic Deviations

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2.1.2.5 Digression: Deviations of Word-class (Conversion)

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Text Analysis: E.E. Cummings, “anyone lived in a pretty how town” (in: E.E. Cummings, Selected Poems 1923–1958. London: Faber & Faber, 1970, pp. 44–45)

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2.2 Figures of Morphological Equivalence (Isomorphemes)

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2.2.1 Position

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2.2.2 Extent

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2.2.3 Frequency

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2.2.4 Distribution

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2.2.5 Similarity

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2.2.5.1 Polyptoton

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2.2.5.2 Paronymy

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2.2.5.3 The Ambiguity of Wordplay

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2.2.5.3.1 Homophonic Wordplay

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2.2.5.3.2 Polysemic and Homonymic Wordplay

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2.2.5.3.3 Homoeophonic Wordplay (Paronomasia)

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2.2.5.3.4 Homoeographic Word Play (Eye Rhyme)

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Text Analysis: George Herbert, “A Wreath” (in: George Herbert, The Works, ed. F.E. Hutchinson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964, p. 185)

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Chapter Three Syntactic Figures

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3.1 Figures of Syntactic Deviation (Metataxemes)

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3.1.1 Addition

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3.1.2 Subtraction

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3.1.2.1 Ellipsis

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3.1.2.2 Zeugma

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3.1.3 Permutation

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3.1.4 Substitution

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Text Analysis: Carl Sternheim, Das Fossil I.iv. (excerpt) (source: Carl Sternheim, Dramen, ed. W. Emrich. 3 vols. Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1963, vol. I, p. 313)

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3.2 Figures of Syntactic Equivalence (Isotaxemes)

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3.2.1 Similarity

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3.2.2 Frequency

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3.2.3 Extent and Position

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3.2.4 Distribution

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3.2.5 Phonological, Morphological and Semantic Aspects

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Text Analyses

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Bertolt Brecht, “Lob der Partei”

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William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar III.ii.13–47 (the Brutus speech)

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Chapter Four Semantic Figures

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4.1 Figures of Semantic Deviation (Metasememes)

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4.1.1 Addition

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4.1.2 Subtraction

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4.1.3 Permutation

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4.1.4 Substitution

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4.1.4.1 Similarity Tropes (Metaphors)

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4.1.4.2 Contiguity Tropes (Metonymies)

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Text Analyses

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe, “Kennst du das Land . . .?"

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Emily Dickinson, “I like to see it lap the Miles”

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4.2 Figures of Semantic Equivalence (Isosememes)

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Text Analyses

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Edmund Spenser, The Fairie Queene III.i.46

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Andreas Gryphius, Die Hölle

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Chapter Five Graphemic Figures

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5.1 Figures of Graphemic Deviation (Metagraphemes)

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5.1.1 Addition

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5.1.2 Subtraction

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5.1.3 Permutation

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5.1.4 Substitution

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5.1.4.1 Substitution within the same Graphemic System

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5.1.4.2 Substitution Outside the same Graphemic System

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Text Analyses

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Ernst Jandl, “onkel toms hütte”

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Gerhard Rühm, “schweigen”

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5.2 Figures of Graphemic Equivalence (Isographemes)

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Text Analyses

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Gerhard Rühm, “die ersten menschen sind auf dem mond”

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A Poem by E.E. Cummings

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Václav Havel, “antreten”

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Chapter Six Textological Figures (Text Figures)

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6.1 Figures of Textological Deviation (Metatextemes)

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6.1.1 Addition

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6.1.2 Subtraction

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6.1.3 Substitution

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6.1.4 Permutation

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6.2 Figures of Textological Equivalence (Isotextemes)

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Chapter Seven Intertextual Figures

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7.1 Figures of Intertextual Deviation (Meta-Intertextemes)

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7.1.1 Substitution (Quotation)

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7.1.2 Permutation (Cento)

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7.2 Figures of Intertextual Equivalence (Iso-Intertextemes)

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Bibliography

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Indices

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Index of Names

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Index of Subjects

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