There’s lots more to say about ring composition; I may return to the topic if I come across a ring that deserves comment, but this post will be the last in this series of posts. I. A story may be constructed so that the first link in the temporal sequence matches the last link. Thus … Continue reading One Last Kick at the Can: Three More Rings
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Ring Composition and The Worm Ouroboros
In this post I want to talk about an interesting example of ring composition in E. R. Eddison’s fantasy novel The Worm Ouroboros. Ring composition is a figure of speech, though it isn’t listed in any of the handbooks of figures of speech that I’ve looked at, nor is it discussed in any of the … Continue reading Ring Composition and The Worm Ouroboros
The Art of Reading Slowly 