Articles liés à The Osier Cage: Rhetorical Devices in Romeo & Juliet

The Osier Cage: Rhetorical Devices in Romeo & Juliet - Couverture souple

Evans, Robert O

 
9780813151922: The Osier Cage: Rhetorical Devices in Romeo & Juliet

Synopsis

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 th

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Robert O. Evans was associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.