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Skinner, Quentin.

Forensic Shakespeare / Quentin Skinner. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xii, 356 p. ; 24 cm. - Clarendon lectures in English. . - Clarendon lectures in English. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-342) and index.

Classical rhetoric in Shakespeare's England -- Shakespeare's forensic plays -- The open beginning -- The insinuative beginning -- The failed beginning -- The judicial narrative -- Confirmation: juridical and legal issues -- Confirmation: the conjectural issue -- Refutation and non-artificial proofs -- The peroration and appeal to commonplaces.

ISBN: 9780199558247 0199558248

LCCN: 2014933919

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB496684 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016862788 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Literary style.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Knowledge--Conduct of court proceedings.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Conduct of court proceedings--History--Great Britain--16th century.

LC Class. No.: PR3072 SKI PR3072 / .S556 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 822.33