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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b3788982.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 215 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Reading Shakespeare's characters.".
- catalog identifier "0870238078 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Reading Shakespeare's characters.".
- catalog isPartOf "Massachusetts studies in early modern culture".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Reading Shakespeare's characters.".
- catalog subject "822.3/3 20".
- catalog subject "Characters and characteristics in literature.".
- catalog subject "English language Early modern, 1500-1700 Rhetoric.".
- catalog subject "Ethics in literature.".
- catalog subject "Identity (Psychology) in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR2989 .D47 1992".
- catalog subject "Reader-response criticism.".
- catalog subject "Rhetoric 1500-1800.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters.".
- catalog title "Reading Shakespeare's characters : rhetoric, ethics, and identity / Christy Desmet.".
- catalog type "text".