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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451763103321

Autore

Canning Patricia

Titolo

Style in the Renaissance [[electronic resource] ] : language and ideology in early modern England / / Patricia Canning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2012

ISBN

1-4411-1499-8

1-280-59594-9

9786613625779

1-4411-8381-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Advances in stylistics

Disciplina

820.9/003

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Style, Literary

Renaissance - England

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; Introduction: In the Beginning was the Word; Chapter 1: Constructing Plausible Stories: Ideology, Conceptual Integration Theory and the Politics of Representation in George Herbert's 'JESU'; Chapter 2: 'A Deed Without a Name': Murder and the Linguistics of Agency in Shakespeare's Macbeth; Chapter 3: 'Bit-Part' Actors: Metonymy in Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling; Chapter 4: Picturing Words: Ekphrasis and the Word-as-Image in Early Modern Poetry; Chapter 5: Conclusion: 'Being Nothing': The Value of the W/word; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Within the historical literary genre, stylistics is widely applicable but as yet under deployed. This book acts as a showcase for the range of analysis possible. Although the analytic focus within the genre has traditionally been on literary criticism, stylistics has much to offer.Bringing together text and context, Patricia Canning synthesizes stylistic models with literary theory and critical theory. The historical and contextual focus throughout the book is on religious, political and ideological issues that animated and defined Reformation England.



Each chapter interrogates the dichotomous