Forensic Shakespeare by Skinner, Quentin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Acknowledgements Contents Conventions Introduction 1. Classical Rhetoric in Shakespeare’s England

The Roman rhetorical tradition The teaching of rhetoric in Tudor England The Tudor rhetoricians

2. Shakespeare’s Forensic Plays

Towards the forensic plays The early Jacobean plays

3. The Open Beginning

Prohoemium Two ways to begin Introducing an honest cause

4. The Insinuative Beginning

The need for insinuation Facing a hostile judge Introducing a foul cause

5. The Failed Beginning

Defying the rules Mishandling the rules The limits of rhetoric

6. The Judicial Narrative

Constructing a judicial narrative Narratives of accusation Narratives of justification Failed narratives

7 ConfirmationJuridical and Legal Issues

Two methods of confirmation The juridical issue The legal issue

8 ConfirmationThe Conjectural Issue

Failed confirmation Ambiguous confirmation Successful confirmation Fabricated confirmation

9. Refutation and Non-Artificial Proofs

Refutation by documentary evidence Refutation by an unimpeachable witness Double refutation: documents and witnesses

10. The Peroration and Appeal to Commonplaces

The theory of loci communes Shakespearean commonplaces From commonplaces to the commonplace

Appendix: The Date of All’s Well That Ends Well Bibliography Index

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