The osier cage :: rhetorical devices in Romeo & Juliet /

By studying the diction of Romeo and Juliet, Robert O. Evans examines this, the most rhetorical of Shakespeare's plays, in terms of an Aristotelian critical category, which has been neglected in modern times. Inherent in his methodology is the assumption that Romeo and Juliet is best regarded a...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Evans, Robert O. (Robert Owen), 1919- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1966.
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Zusammenfassung:By studying the diction of Romeo and Juliet, Robert O. Evans examines this, the most rhetorical of Shakespeare's plays, in terms of an Aristotelian critical category, which has been neglected in modern times. Inherent in his methodology is the assumption that Romeo and Juliet is best regarded as drama, not as pure poetry, though essentially it is the rhetorical brilliance of the poetry that is considered. Evans begins with an analysis of the important speeches of Romeo and Juliet and defines the controlling devices Shakespeare wove into them, especially oxymoron. He then follows with a discu.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (119 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813162621
0813162629

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Volltext öffnen