The Osier Cage : Rhetorical Devices in Romeo and Juliet / [by] Robert O. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Robert Owen, 1919-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare, William.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1966.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By studying the diction of Romeo and Juliet, Robert O. Evans examines this, the most rhetorical of Shakespeare's plays, in terms of an Aristotelian critical category, which has been neglected in modern times. Inherent in his methodology is the assumption that Romeo and Juliet is best regarded as drama, not as pure poetry, though essentially it is the rhetorical brilliance of the poetry that is considered.Evans begins with an analysis of the important speeches of Romeo and Juliet and defines the controlling devices Shakespeare wove into them, especially oxymoron. He then follows with a discu

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; ONE: Introduction; TWO: Oxymoron As Key To Structure; THREE: The Osier Cage; FOUR: Mercutio's Apostrophe To Queen Mab; FIVE: The Play's The Thing; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [100]-104)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813162621

0813162629

OCLC:

572840995