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Captive Victors : Shakespeare's Narrative Poems and Sonnets / Heather Dubrow.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1987Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501745720
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821/.3
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. "Upon misprision growing": Venus and Adonis -- 2. "Full of forged lies": The Rape of Lucrece -- 3. "Conceit deceitful": The Sonnets -- 4. Conclusion -- Index
Summary: Drawing both on the tenets of classical rhetoric and on contemporary critical theory, Heather Dubrow here offers a bold and persuasive reading of Shakespeare's nondramatic poems. She calls into question prevailing critical views of Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, and the sonnets and assets that in these poems Shakespeare uses rhetoric with great subtlety and force to effect characterizations as rich in psychological and moral complexities as those found in the plays.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. "Upon misprision growing": Venus and Adonis -- 2. "Full of forged lies": The Rape of Lucrece -- 3. "Conceit deceitful": The Sonnets -- 4. Conclusion -- Index

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Drawing both on the tenets of classical rhetoric and on contemporary critical theory, Heather Dubrow here offers a bold and persuasive reading of Shakespeare's nondramatic poems. She calls into question prevailing critical views of Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, and the sonnets and assets that in these poems Shakespeare uses rhetoric with great subtlety and force to effect characterizations as rich in psychological and moral complexities as those found in the plays.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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