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Word as action : Racine, rhetoric, and theatrical language
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawcroft, Michael, Author.
- Series:
- Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
- Oxford modern languages and literature monographs Word as action
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699--Technique.
- Racine, Jean.
- French language--Middle French, 1300-1600--Rhetoric.
- French language.
- Tragedy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 275 p.).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Word As Action: Racine, Rhetoric, and Theatrical Language. Oxford Modern Language and Literature Monographs
- Word as action
- Oxford modern languages and literature monographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work explores the theatricality of Jean Racine's language and takes as its analytical tool two relatively neglected parts of rhetoric ('inventio' and 'dispositio'), highlighting the dramatic excitement created by characters who constantly engage in verbal battle trying to dominate those around them.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-76458-9
- OCLC:
- 1027179327
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