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<p>Renaissance plays and poetry in England were saturated with the formal rhetorical twists that Latin education made familiar to audiences and readers. Yet a formally educated man like Ben Jonson was unable to make these ornaments come to life in his two classical Roman plays. Garry Wills, focusing his attention on <i>Julius Caesar</i>, here demonstrates how Shakespeare so wonderfully made these ancient devices vivid, giving his characters their own personal styles of Roman speech.</p><p>In fou

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Author

Garry Wills

Publisher

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300178494

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.14 / 5 (52 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13