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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