Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You by Mardy Grothe

Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You by Mardy Grothe

What do Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, and H. L. Mencken have in common? They all indulged in chiasmus-a literary device in which word order is reversed to hilarious or poignant effect. When Mae West said, "It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men," she was using chiasmus; when John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," he was doing the same. Dr. Mardy Grothe has compiled hundreds of examples of chiasmus in this whimsically illustrated collection, bringing this witty and thought-provoking device out of obscurity and into the public imagination.

Dr. Mardy Grothe is a retired psychologist, management consultant, and public speaker who is the author of six volumes on words and language, the founder of Dr. Mardy's Dictionary of Metaphorical Quotes, and one of America's most well-known quotation anthologists. He and his wife, Katherine Robinson, live in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

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ISBN 13	9780142000571
ISBN 10	0142000574
Title	Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You
Author	Mardy Grothe
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Australia
Year published	2002-02-26
Number of pages	144
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