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prolepsis
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prolepsis /pro·lep·sis/ (-lep´sis) recurrence of a paroxysm before the expected time.prolep´tic
pro·lep·sis (pr-lpss)
n. pl. pro·lep·ses (-sz)
The return of paroxysms of a recurrent disease at intervals that progressively become shorter.
pro·leptic (-lptk) adj.
prolepsis [pro-lep´sis]
recurrence of a paroxysm before the expected time. adj., adj prolep´tic.
prolepsis
recurrence of a paroxysm before the expected time.
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36) The narrative functions as a proleptical tombstone, a memorial, the Denkmaal that Kleist had written only a few months before he killed his acquaintance, Henriette Vogel, only to commit suicide immediately thereafter.
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