The Performance of Conviction: Plainness and Rhetoric in the Early English Renaissance

Graham, Kenneth J. E.

Published by Cornell University Press (1994), Ithaca, 1994

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orig.cloth Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, xiv,232 pp Contents: Introduction: Captive to Truth: Rethinking Renaissance Plainness;Wyatt's Antirhetorical Verse: Privilege & the Performance of Conviction; Educational Authority & the Plain Truth in the Admonition Controversy and 'The Scholemaster'; Peace, Order, & Confusion: Fulke Greville & the Inner and Outer Forms of Reform; The Mysterious Plainness of Anger: The Search for Justice in Satire and Revenge Tragedy; The Performance of Pride: Desire, Truth, and Power in 'Coriolanus' and 'Timon of Athens'; "Without the Form of Justice": Plainness & the Performance of Love in 'King Lear'; Epilogue: A Precious Jewel?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Performance of Conviction: Plainness and Rhetoric in the Early English Renaissance
• Publisher: Cornell University Press (1994), Ithaca
• Publication Date: 1994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Minor rubbing. VG.