Reading and rhetoric in Montaigne and Shakespeare /
"Shakespare and Montaigne are the English and French writers of the sixteenth century who have the most to say to modern readers. Shakespeare certainly drew on Montaigne's essay 'On Cannibals' in writing The Tempest and debates have raged amongst scholars about the playwright...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2010.
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| Series: | WISH list.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Shakespare and Montaigne are the English and French writers of the sixteenth century who have the most to say to modern readers. Shakespeare certainly drew on Montaigne's essay 'On Cannibals' in writing The Tempest and debates have raged amongst scholars about the playwright's obligations to Montaigne in passages from earlier plays including Hamlet, King Lear and Measure for Measure. Peter Mack argues that rather than continuing the undeterminable quarrel about how early in his career Shakespeare came to Montaigne, we should focus on the similar techniques they apply to shared sources. Grammar school education in the sixteenth century placed a special emphasis on reading classical texts in order to reuse both the ideas and the rhetoric. This book examines the ways in which Montaigne and Shakespeare used their reading and argued with it to create something new. It is the most sustained account available of the similarities and differences between these two great writers, casting light on their ethical and philosophical views and on how these were conveyed to their audience."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781408139042 1408139049 1474245137 9781474245135 1472544900 9781472544902 9786613168887 6613168882 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781472544902 |