Renaissance Figures of Speech - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521187052 ISBN 13: 9780521187053

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

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.

About the Author:

Sylvia Adamson is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield and Chair of Renaissance Studies in the School of English.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521187052
• ISBN 13: 9780521187053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Adamson Sylvia, Alexander Gavin, Ettenhuber Katrin