Animal Similes and Metaphors in Great Expectations From Novel to Screen.

This contribution analyses one of the most challenging aspects related to the reception and adaptations of Dickens's Great Expectations: the transposition of its symbolic and metaphorical network, focusing on animal metaphors and similes which express the dehumanisation of the main characters. The r...

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Published in:	ESSE Messenger Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 8 - 32
Main Author:	Cao, Claudia
Format:	Article
Published:	European Society for the Study of English Winter2019
Subjects:	Literary adaptations Great Expectations (Book : Dickens) Metaphor Dehumanization Simile
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost