{"product_id":"word-as-action-racine-rhetoric-and-theatrical-language-9780198151852","title":"Word as Action: Racine, Rhetoric, and Theatrical Language","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Hawcroft\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawcroft presents an exploration of the theatrical qualities of the language of France's greatest tragedian, Jean Racine, taking as its analytical tool two neglected parts of rhetoric--\u003cem\u003einventio\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003edispositio\u003c\/em\u003e. Racine's dialogue is exciting, Hawcroft argues, because he makes persuasive interaction of characters a key feature of his dramatic technique. This book shows how Racine deploys persuasion in well-defined contexts: trials, embassies, and councils; informal oratory as protagonists try to manipulate each other and their confidants in order to make their own views and wishes prevail; self-persuasion in monologues; and narrations, often used by characters with persuasive intent. The book draws illuminating and provocative comparisons with other playwrights and offers a closer and better documented description of the specific nature of Racine's theatrical language than has previously been available in any one study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46893598081175,"sku":"9780198151852","price":24568.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198151852.webp?v=1770317481","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/word-as-action-racine-rhetoric-and-theatrical-language-9780198151852","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}