Subtexts are all around us. In conversation, business transactions,
politics, literature, philosophy, and even love, the art of
expressing more than what is explicitly said allows us to live and
move in the world. But rarely do we reflect on this subterranean
dimension of communication. In this book, renowned classicist and
scholar of rhetoric Laurent Pernot explores the fascinating world
of subtext. Of the two meanings present in any instance of double
meaning, Pernot focuses on the meaning that is unstated-the meaning
that counts. He analyzes subtext in all its multifarious forms,
including allusion, allegory, insinuation, figured speech, irony,
innuendo, esoteric teaching, reading between the lines, ambiguity,
and beyond. Drawing on examples from figures as varied as Homer,
Shakespeare, Moliere, Proust, Foucault, and others, as well as from
popular culture, Pernot shows how subtext can be identified and
deciphered as well as how prevalent and essential it is in human
life. With erudition and wit, Pernot explains and clarifies a
device of language that we use and understand every day without
even realizing it. The Subtle Subtext is a book for anyone who is
interested in language, literature, hidden meanings, and the finer
points of social relations.
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