Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - CHAP T2 - Papaioannou, Brill's Companion to the Reception of Ancient Rhetoric SP - 305-30 ID - bbbo746 T1 - "'A Feast of Languages': William Shakespeare's Reception of Ancient Rhetoric" AU - MacDonald, Michael J PY - 2022 DA - 2022 LA - English AB - Shows how Shakespeare used progymnasmata, classical rhetorical exercises, including commonplacing, ekphrasis, and impersonation. Considers oration, acting, "figures of thought," and hermeneutics in Shakespeare's plays in relation to ancient rhetoric. ER -