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What Do Shakespearean Musicians Think? Complementary Rhetorical Devices in Romeo and Juliet (4.5) and Byrd’s O that most rare breast Public Deposited
https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/articles/ks65hc91s
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In Act 4, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare used the rhetorical figure of catachresis to capture the meta-theatrical thoughts of musicians as a way of expressing the “uncomfortable time” of Juliet’s apparent death on her wedding day. It is possible to trace Shakespeare’s source for the scene to O that most rare breast, William Byrd’s extensive dirge for Sir Philip Sidney. Not only does the song provide musical and funereal material, it also invites a writer’s response, as Byrd used a cross-disciplinary form of eristic imitation to outdo the rhetorical achievement of his text’s unnamed author.
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- Date Issued
- 2017-10-01
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- Journal Issue/Number
- 4
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Last Modified
- 2020-01-13
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- 1547-7304
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