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antiphysis

a diary of literary terms

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October 10, 2025

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Daisy and the hyperobject

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January 30, 2022

Daisy on hospitality

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December 14, 2021

Daisy on the event

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Daisy on realism

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February 7, 2021

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antiphysis is a diary of literary terms. Literary terms are concepts used in the study of literature. They are not, generally speaking, used by dogs. Even so, you will often find a dog here. She paws at the pages. Is she trying to get out? Is she trying to come in? She alone has her reasons.

antiphysis is written by Richard J Jones, a senior lecturer in literature at The Open University in the UK.

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allegory alliteration anamorphosis anthropomorphism apostrophe assonance bar bathos beauty beginning burial burrowing cliché closure completion conceit continuity curiosity depth desire disavowal dramatic irony enjambement event excess externality faces fame feet form gathering gaze genre gesture ghosts grammar haiku hospitality hyperobject image imagination in media res insistence interpretation jokes lack language leaping letters line linearity list literature machine metaphor metonymy naming nature onomatopoeia other parabasis pastoral pathetic fallacy performativity philosophy poetry pretence problem pun queering quotation realism reification restlessness rhyme rhythm saturation scale secrets sentence shadow sheltering side effects solitude sonnet story style suspense synchronic taste temporality text threshold thrown time translation uncanny wonder

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