Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language

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Focusing on the theory of composition in Renaissance England, this book reorganizes the two hundred figures of speech identified by Renaissance rhetoricians into a clear framework based on Aristotle's Rhetoric. It serves as a comprehensive handbook for understanding the composition theory of the time and illustrates Shakespeare's application of these concepts through examples from his works. It is aimed at a diverse audience, including English teachers, Renaissance literature scholars, philologists, and students of Romance languages.