About this title: Available in its entirety for the first time in a half-century, this textbook is the first and only to present, in a complete manner, a general theory of rhetoric in Renaissance England. This examination provides a handbook of the Renaissance theory of composition and shows, with ample illustration from his plays and poems, how Shakespeare used ...
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Description: Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books 2005 First Edition 1st printing 423pp, 6 3/8 x 9 1/4, cloth backed boards, hardcover in dust jacket CONDITION: FINE, an excellent copy, fine condition in fine dj. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Description: 1947 First Edition Hardback. Very Good+ Condition in a Good Dust Jacket. Light age tone to outer page edges. Dust jacket spine is darkened. The interior pages are Excellent, the binding is solid with No previous owner's marks.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 423 pages. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Paul Dry Books, Inc
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781589880252ISBN:1589880250
Description: New. A general theory of rhetoric in Renaissance England. This examination provides a handbook of the Renaissance theory of composition and shows, with illustration from his plays and poems, how Shakespeare used this theory. Its contribution is the reorgan... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: PAUL DRY BOOKS
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781589880252ISBN:1589880250
Description: New. Grammar-school students in Shakespeare's time were taught to recognize the two hundred figures of speech that Renaissance scholars had derived from Latin and Greek sources (from amphibologia through onomatopoeia to zeugma). This knowledge was one ele... read more
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Description: We are no longer able to guarantee delivery by Christmas. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Grammar-school students in Shakespeare's time were taught to recognize the two hundred figures of speech that Renaissance scholars had derived from Latin and Greek sources (from amphibologia through onomatopoeia to zeugma). This knowledge was one element in their thorough grounding in the ... read more
Edition: 1ST PAUL DRY
Binding: HARDBACK BURGUNDY/CREAM
Publisher: Paul Dry Books, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781589880252ISBN:1589880250
Description: VERY GOOD GOOD DJ. GOOD DJ. 6 X 9. Pictorial dust jacket: light wear; two-half inch tear to the front at the spine; one inch tear to the front at the bottom edge, corner bumps, otherwise, in good condition. Boards: quarter binding; gilt title on spine; light wear. Text clean. Dust jacket excerpt, "The purpose of this study is to present to the modern reader the general theory of composition current in Shakespeare's England. The author then lays out those figures of speech in simple, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Paul Dry, Philadelphia
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781589880252ISBN:1589880250
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very Good HARDCOVER. DJ has some light wear and minor creases on back near the spine. Pages are unmarked. Tight binding. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail or DHL. International Priority mail for non-UK deliveries. Delivery is typically 2-4 working days for UK delivery. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail or DHL. International Priority mail for non-UK deliveries. Delivery is typically 2-4 working days for UK delivery. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
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