Renaissance figures of speech
| Other Authors: | Adamson, Sylvia., Alexander, Gavin (English professor), Ettenhuber, Katrin. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Synonymia: or, in other words / Sylvia Adamson
- Compar or parison: measure for measure / Russ McDonald
- Periodos: squaring the circle / Janel Mueller
- Puns: serious wordplay / Sophie Read
- Prosopopoeia: the speaking figure / Gavin Alexander
- Ekphrasis: painting in words / Claire Preston
- Hysteron proteron: or the preposterous / Patricia Parker
- Paradiastole: redescribing the vices as virtues / Quentin Skinner
- Syncrisis: the figure of contestation / Ian Donaldson
- Testimony: the artless proof / R.W. Serjeantson
- Hyperbole: exceeding similitude / Katrin Ettenhuber
- Metalepsis: the boundaries of metaphor / Brian Cummings
- The vices of style / William Poole.