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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806859903321

Autore

Davis Lloyd <1959-2005, >

Titolo

Guise and disguise : rhetoric and characterization in the English Renaissance / / Lloyd Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-4426-7557-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FromanFrances

KeyeAlfred

KeyeLottie

DyckCarrie Joan <1962->

Disciplina

820.927

Soggetti

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

English language - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Rhetoric

Disguise in literature

Characters and characteristics in literature

Renaissance - England

Rhetoric, Renaissance - England

Livres numeriques.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

e-books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction: Disguise in the Renaissance""; ""1 The Rhetoric of Characterization""; ""2 Political Acts""; ""3 The Allegorical Subject""; ""4 The Figure of Woman""; ""Epilogue: Tragedy and Disguise""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""

Sommario/riassunto

Davis's approach links Renaissance culture both to its past and to modern and post-modern notions of subjectivity and language.&lt;/p.