Title & Author:

Renaissance figures of speech / edited by Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander and Katrin Ettenhuber.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index.
Synonymia: or, in other words / Sylvia Adamson -- Compar or parison: measure for measure / Russ McDonald -- Periodos: squaring the circle / Janel Mueller -- Puns: serious wordplay / Sophie Read -- Prosopopoeia: the speaking figure / Gavin Alexander -- Ekphrasis: painting in words / Claire Preston -- Hysteron proteron: or the preposterous / Patricia Parker -- Paradiastole: redescribing the vices as virtues / Quentin Skinner -- Syncrisis: the figure of contestation / Ian Donaldson -- Testimony: the artless proof / R.W. Serjeantson -- Hyperbole: exceeding similitude / Katrin Ettenhuber -- Metalepsis: the boundaries of metaphor / Brian Cummings -- The vices of style / William Poole.
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Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Additional Information at Google Books
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780521866408 (hbk.)
0521866405 (hbk.)
9780521187053
0521187052
9781107778672
1107778670

Subject:

Figures of speech in literature.
European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism.
Figures de rhétorique dans la littérature.
Littérature européenne 1450-1600 (Renaissance) Histoire et critique.
17.84 language and style in literature.
18.05 English literature.
European literature Renaissance.
Rhetorische Figur
Figures of speech.
Literature.
English.
Figures of speech in literatur.
Figures of speech in literature History.
Stilfigurer.
Metaforer i litteraturen.
Englisch.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Adamson, Sylvia.
Alexander, Gavin (English professor)
Ettenhuber, Katrin.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263929
Call No.: BIB 195237
Status: Available