Shakespeare and Language: Reason, Eloquence and Artifice in the Renaissance

by Jonathan Hope

'This book is nothing short of brilliant. It is bursting with new observations, pithy readings and sensitive analyses. One of Hope's skills is to show us that 'language' is not separable from 'ideas'; both are systems of representation. This is a book about words, conventions, artifice, mythology, innovation, reason, eloquence, silence, control, communication, selfhood, dialect, 'late style' and much, much more. After reading Hope's book you...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904271693
• ISBN13: 9781904271697
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"