Elda E. Tsou is Associate Professor of English at St. John¿s University in New York.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Aiiieeeee! and the Phantom Trope 

1 Rhetorical Question: No-No Boy and Coercion 

2 Apophasis: China Men and Necessity 

3 Catachresis: Blu’s Hanging and Error  

4 Allegory: Native Speaker and Deceit  

Conclusion 

Notes 

Bibliography  

Index 

Elda E. Tsou is Associate Professor of English at St. John's University in New York.