Renaissance Figures of Speech

Herausgegeben von Adamson, Sylvia; Alexander, Gavin; Ettenhuber, Katrin

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Produktbeschreibung

The Renaissance saw a renewed and energetic engagement with classical rhetoric; recent years have seen a similar revival of interest in Renaissance rhetoric. As Renaissance critics recognised, figurative language is the key area of intersection between rhetoric and literature. This book is the first modern account of Renaissance rhetoric to focus solely on the figures of speech. It reflects a belief that the figures exemplify the larger concerns of rhetoric, and connect, directly or by analogy, to broader cultural and philosophical concerns within early modern society. Thirteen authoritative contributors have selected a rhetorical figure with a special currency in Renaissance writing and have used it as a key to one of the period's characteristic modes of perception, forms of argument, states of feeling or styles of reading. The Renaissance saw a renewed and energetic engagement with classical rhetoric; recent years have seen a similar revival of interest in Renaissance rhetoric. This book is the first modern study to focus solely on the figures of speech as the key area of intersection between rhetoric and literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780521187053
• ISBN-10: 0521187052
• Artikelnr.: 32554641

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the figures in Renaissance theory and practice Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander and Katrin Ettenhuber; 1. Synonymia: or, in other words Sylvia Adamson; 2. Compar or Parison: measure for measure Russ McDonald; 3. Periodos: squaring the circle Janel Mueller; 4. Puns: serious wordplay Sophie Read; 5. Prosopopoeia: the speaking figure Gavin Alexander; 6. Ekphrasis: painting in words Claire Preston; 7. Hysteron proteron, or the preposterous Patricia Parker; 8. Paradiastole: redescribing the vices as virtues Quentin Skinner; 9. Syncrisis: the figure of contestation Ian Donaldson; 10. Testimony: the artless proof R. W. Serjeantson; 11. Hyperbole: exceeding similitude Katrin Ettenhuber; 12. Metalepsis: the boundaries of metaphor Brian Cummings; 13. The vices of style William Poole.

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'... this is an outstanding contribution to the subject - the most rewarding book about rhetoric I have ever read and a very fine tribute to the late Jeremy Maule, in whose memory it was conceived.' Neil Rhodes, Review of English Studies