Studied Speech and The Duchess of Malfi: The Lost Arts of Rhetoric, Memory, and Death

In this article, Loughnane uses two key lines from the opening scene of Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi about the two brothers’ ‘studied speech’ to discuss how the play’s themes and ideas connect to a broader cultural preoccupation with practices of habitual preparation. Drawing on a wide range of ea...

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Main Author: Rory Loughnane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2019-01-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/6847

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