Outlaw rhetoric : figuring vernacular eloquence in Shakespeare's England /

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Using English Renaissance rhetoric manuals in conjunction with the literary texts informed by them, Jenny C. Mann argues that one of the main cultural projects of the English Renaissance, namely its desire to elevate the English language and place it on a level with Latin and Greek, was beset with p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mann, Jenny C. (Jenny Caroline), 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Temas:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Eloquence in literature.
Figures of speech in literature.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Rhetoric, Renaissance > England.
English language > Rhetoric > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800.
Éloquence dans la littérature.
Figures de rhétorique dans la littérature.
Anglais dans la littérature.
Rhétorique de la Renaissance > Angleterre.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Eloquence in literature
English language > Rhetoric
English literature > Early modern
Figures of speech in literature
National characteristics, English, in literature
Rhetoric, Renaissance
Englisch
Rhetorik
England
Electronic books.
Handbook
handbooks.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a tale of Robin Hood
  • Common rhetoric : planting figures of speech in the English shire
  • The trespasser : displacing Virgilian figures in Spenser's Faerie queene
  • The insertour : putting the parenthesis in Sidney's Arcadia
  • The changeling : mingling heroes and hobgoblins in Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream
  • The figure of exchange : gender exchange in Shakespeare's Sonnet 20 and Jonson's Epicoene
  • The mingle-mangle : the hodgepodge of fancy and philosophy in Cavendish's Blazing world
  • Conclusion : "words made visible" and the turn against rhetoric
  • Appendix of English rhetorical manuals.

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