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subtext 1. an underlying theme in a piece of writing 2. a message which is not stated directly but can be inferred How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While ``Kyle XY'' has plenty of material that makes it unsuitable for younger viewers (evocations of teen sex, underage drinking, masturbation and subtextual intimations of incest and gay sex), its abysmally banal dialogue, indifferent performances and lackluster plotting make it unfit for everyone else. Magnus Pan Mortuus Est: A Subtextual and Contextual Reading of Donne's 'Resurrection, Imperfect'. Perhaps there is also a subtextual resonance, regarding the illicit affair that Niccolo d'Este's second wife, Parisina (who in 1423 ordered a copy in French of Tristan and Iseult), had engaged in with her stepson, Ugo (one of Niccolo's many illegitimate sons); they were subsequently put to death in 1425, along with a suspected accomplice ("wives and children" indeed); see Gundersheimer, 78-79 and 86. |
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