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Similarity in Disparity

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This article is mainly an attempt to understand the nature of disparity in Brodsky’s similes. It will explore the structural, semantic, poetic and conceptual aspects of his similes.

Reason respects the differences and imagination the similitudes of things.

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Notes

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  1. Valentina Polukhina
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Dartmouth College, USA

    Lev Loseff (Professor of Russian Literature) (Professor of Russian Literature)

  2. University of Keele, UK

    Valentina Polukhina (Lecturer in Russian Literature) (Lecturer in Russian Literature)

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Polukhina, V. (1990). Similarity in Disparity. In: Loseff, L., Polukhina, V. (eds) Brodsky’s Poetics and Aesthetics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20765-7_9

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