Recenze With What Persuasion

Many critics have acknowledged the importance of the classical tradition of rhetoric to Shakespeare, but few have taken it as seriously as Scott F. Crider does. In a series of subtle readings of some of Shakespeare's most intellectually challenging plays - among them, 'Hamlet', 'All's Well That Ends Well', and 'Measure for Measure' - Crider initiates a stimulating dialogue between Aristotle's understanding of rhetoric and Shakespeare's. In an especially provocative study of Iago's sophistry in 'Othello', Crider highlights the ethical dimension of rhetoric as a central issue in Shakespeare's achievement as a playwright. (Paul A. Cantor, Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English, University of Virginia) schovat popis