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Reading Shakespeare's Characters
Christy Desmet
其他書名
Rhetoric, Ethics, and Identity
出版University of Massachusetts Press, 1992
主題Drama / ShakespeareHistory / Europe / RenaissanceLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / RhetoricLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Semiotics & TheoryLiterary Criticism / ShakespeareLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
ISBN08702380789780870238079
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1qJlAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Although current theory has discredited the idea of a coherent, transcendent self, Shakespeare's characters still make themselves felt as a presence for readers and viewers alike. Confronting this paradox, Christy Desmet explores the role played by rhetoric in fashioning and representing Shakespearean character. She draws on classical and Renaissance texts, as well as on the work of such twentieth-century critics as Kenneth Burke and Paul de Man, bringing classical, Renaissance, and contemporary rhetoric into fruitful collision. Desmet redefines the nature of character by analyzing the function of character criticism and by developing a new perspective on Shakespearean character. She shows how rhetoric shapes character within the plays and the way characters are "read". She also examines the relationship between technique and theme by considering the connections between rhetorical representation and dramatic illusion and by discussing the relevance of rhetorical criticism to issues of gender. Works analyzed include Hamlet, Cymbeline, King John, Othello, The Winter's Tale, King Lear, Venus and Adonis, Measure for Measure, and All's Well That Ends Well.