CHIASMUS
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CHIASMUS, also chiasm. In
RHETORIC, and
INVERSION of word order that creates a counterbalancing effect in the second of two linked phrases: ‘One must eat to live, not live to eat’ (Cicero); ‘This man I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords’ ( Samuel Johnson, of Lord Chesterfield, 1754). See
ANTITHESIS.
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An Italian Werewolf in London: Lycanthropy and The Duchess of Malfi.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Early Modern Literary Studies; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; An Italian Werewolf in London: Lycanthropy and The Duchess of Malfi Brett D. Hirsch...An Italian Werewolf in London: Lycanthropy and The Duchess of Malfi." Early Modern...the Jacobean stage. [2] The term lycanthropy carried multiple meanings in the early...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Horsewhip at the ready, camera, action; On the set of Lycanthropy.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...favourite uncle. The film is called Lycanthropy and is being produced by Birmingham...missing in life. The cost of making Lycanthropy, budgeted at pounds 300,000, would...Spielberg production? His decision to do Lycanthropy was down more to personality. "I met...
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DISCSETC: MUSIC CDS - THE WEREWOLF OF FOLK-POP HHHHI Patrick Wolf Lycanthropy FAITH AND INDUSTRY
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 8/3/2003; ; 336 words
; Patrick Wolf, a bony blond waif of a singer-songwriter, is only 19 and wrote some of the songs on Lycanthropy when he was 11. His debut album, a beguiling mix of hi-tech pop and ancient folk styles (with field recordings from churches...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Mail music: 60-second interview: I was bullied for playing the violin.. it either makes you a victim or a hero; Catch London-born singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf at Mono, Glasgow, on Wednesday, March 30. His second album Wind In The Wires - the follow-up to Lycanthropy - is out now.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/27/2005; 668 words
; Byline: AVRIL CADDEN Are you looking forward to coming to Glasgow? It will be almost like a trip home. I seem to have a whole Glasgow family. My manager is from there and so is my drummer Andy. It's a new thing for me, having a drummer. I've been touring on my own with a laptop and an army of
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 "Daily Record (Rochester, NY)")
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Commentary: All your favorite monsters, just in time for Halloween
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Rochester, NY); 10/16/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...blood. Perhaps most frightening -- lycanthropy is real. Don't worry, you aren...found he suffered from "a malady called lycanthropy." As early as 1584, Reginald Scot held that lycanthropy was a mental disease rather than a transformation...
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Studies from United Arab Emirates University further understanding of psychiatry.
Newspaper article from: Psychology & Psychiatry Journal; 2/28/2009; 625 words
; "Lycanthropy is the belief in the capacity of human...Apart from historic description of lycanthropy, there has been several case reports...years. We identified eight cases of lycanthropy in 20 years, mainly in the area of...
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FILM
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/25/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Screaming Werewolf (1959), lycanthropy was strictly midnight fodder for the...late Angela Carter, crossed cinematic lycanthropy with the story of Red Riding Hood...most of the conventional trappings of lycanthropy go all the way back through the mists...
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howl at the moon
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 6/28/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...werewolf movie". In reality, however, lycanthropy was not his starting point, but rather...fears in people." Ginger Snaps strips lycanthropy of its magical trappings and presents...curse" of menstruation, turning lycanthropy into a catch-all metaphor for the...
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Die Hard writer sues city film firm.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 9/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...director and company founder Kevin McDonagh shot a movie titled Lycanthropy in Birmingham. The film, set in a dark subculture of drugs...rate of pounds 100 a month. "It would help if we could get Lycanthropy released on DVD, but it's so tough to get films out...
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HIGH LEVEL WORDS NEED CAREFUL USE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/21/1998; 700+ words
; ...s got a hebdomedal. I'm not sure we can save him.'' Lycanthropy (li-KAN-threh-pee) a delusion in which one imagines...and exhibits depraved appetites. A note: One can not have lycanthropy of the knee, or lycanthropic surgery to remove a torn glossolalia...
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lycanthropy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
lycanthropy , in folklore, assumption by a human...characteristics of an animal. Ancient belief in lycanthropy was widespread, and it still exists...the Middle Ages the church condemned lycanthropy as a form of sorcery and often ruthlessly...
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Lycanthropy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Lycanthropy The transformation of a human being into an animal. The belief is an ancient one. The term derives from the Greek words lukos...
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werewolf
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...Graftenberg, and Robert Burton claimed that lycanthropy was a form of delusional insanity brought...x2019;. Similar attempts to explain lycanthropy as a delusion rooted in illness have...Werewolf (1857) or Dudley Costello's Lycanthropy in London or the Wehrwolf of Wilton...
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Wolves
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...lycanthrope 1. a person suffering from lycanthropy. 2. a werewolf or alien spirit in...himself or another person into a wolf. lycanthropy 1. Psychiatry. Also called lycomania...x2014; lycanthropic , adj. lycomania lycanthropy.
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Werewolf
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...and wulf (wolf). It is a term used in the phenomenon of lycanthropy, which in ancient and medieval times was of very frequent...wolf came from Greek writings. Lycaon (from whom the term lycanthropy is derived) was changed into a wolf by Zeus, whom the unfortunate...
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