Shakespeare’s Rhetorical Figures
Mission Valley Branch Library 2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, CA, United StatesDr. Gideon Rappaport will discuss his book Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures: An Outline. When Shakespeare began writing for the stage, he had already mastered over two hundred rhetorical figures inherited from the long tradition of the language arts--grammar, logic, and rhetoric--stretching from Aristotle to his own time. These figures, which to us may appear merely decorative, […]