The Osier Cage: Rhetorical Devices in Romeo and Juliet

By studying the diction of Romeo and Juliet, Robert O. Evans examines this, the most rhetorical of Shakespeare's plays, in terms of an Aristotelian critical category, which has been neglected in modern times. Inherent in his methodology is the assumption that Romeo and Juliet is best regarded as drama, not as pure poetry, though essentially it is the rhetorical brilliance of the poetry that is considered. Evans begins with an analysis of the important speeches of Romeo and Juliet and defines th

Author: Robert O. Evans
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9780813151922
ISBN10: 0813151929
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
- Literary Criticism | Drama
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

About the Author

Robert O. Evans is an associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is the editor of Graham Green: Some Critical Considerations.

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