Renaissance Figures of Speech

Informationen zum Autor Sylvia Adamson is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield and Chair of Renaissance Studies in the School of English. Gavin Alexander is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of English! University of Cambridge! and Fellow of Christ's College! Cambridge. Katrin Ettenhuber is Fellow and Lecturer in English at Pembroke College! Cambridge! and a Newton Trust Lecturer in the Faculty of English! University of Cambridge. Klappentext A collection of essays, each tackling a Renaissance figure of speech in literature. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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• Authors: Sylvia Adamson, Sylvia (University of Sheffield) Alexande Adamson, Sylvia Alexander Adamson
• Assisted by: Sylvia Adamson (Editor), Sylvia (University of Sheffield) Adamson (Editor), Gavin Alexander (Editor), Gavin (University of Cambridge) Alexander (Editor), Katrin Ettenhuber (Editor), Katrin (University of Cambridge) Ettenhuber (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521187053
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18705-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies