Based on the context in which "overblown" is used, it means "way too complicated." The example provided illustrates how the language is excessively complex and convoluted, leading to confusion rather than clarity.
Notice how the author of “Some Kind of Hero” helps readers understand what she means by overblown―she provides an example.
Cervantes quotes imaginary passages of overblown chivalric writing like this one:
The reason of the unreason with which my reason is afflicted so weakens my reason that with reason I murmur at your beauty.
If that sentence had you scratching your head and saying “Huh?” then you had exactly the reaction Cervantes intended.
Based on the context in which overblown is used here, what does it mean?
too poetic for its purpose
more specific than is necessary
simple enough for anyone
way too complicated
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