With What Persuasion; An Essay on Shakespeare and the Ethics of Rhetoric

by Scott F. Crider

Although there are a number of book-length studies of rhetoric in Shakespeare's plays, With What Persuasion discerns a distinctly Shakespearean ethics of the art of rhetoric in them. In this interdisciplinary book, Scott F. Crider draws upon the Aristotelian traditions of poetics, rhetoric, and ethics to show how Shakespeare addresses fundamental ethical questions that arise during the public and private rhetorical situations Shakespeare represents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433103125
• ISBN13: 9781433103124
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Peter Lang Us
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"