Shakespeare and Judicial Rhetoric illustrates Shakespeare's creative processes by revealing some of the intellectual materials out of which some of his most famous works were composed. Focusing on the narrative poem Lucrece, on four of his late Elizabethan plays -- Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and Hamlet -- and on three early Jacobean dramas, Othello, Measure for Measure and All's Well That Ends Well, Quentin Skinner argues that there are major speeches, and sometimes sequences of scenes, that are crafted according to a set of rhetorical precepts about how to develop a persuasive judicial case, either in accusation or defence.
Fresh, stylish and authoritative, the award-winning SciFiNow is the ultimate monthly guide science-fiction and fantasy. Offering exclusive behind-the-scenes features, on-set reports, A-list interviews and more, the magazine gives readers invaluable insight into the ever-changing industry. Every issue also includes a unique retro sci-fi section dedicated to the best – and sometimes worst – films and shows of sci-fi past as well as a section devoted entirely to the very best in SF literature making SciFiNow the best choice for anyone who’s ever wanted to wield a lightsaber.
What is ethnicity? Is there a 'white' way of speaking? Why do people sometimes borrow features of another ethnic group's language? Why do we sometimes hear an accent that isn't there? This lively overview, first published in 2006, reveals the fascinating relationship between language and ethnic identity, exploring the crucial role it plays in both revealing a speaker's ethnicity and helping to construct it.
Fresh, stylish and authoritative, the award-winning SciFiNow is the ultimate monthly guide science-fiction and fantasy. Offering exclusive behind-the-scenes features, on-set reports, A-list interviews and more, the magazine gives readers invaluable insight into the ever-changing industry. Every issue also includes a unique retro sci-fi section dedicated to the best – and sometimes worst – films and shows of sci-fi past as well as a section devoted entirely to the very best in SF literature making SciFiNow the best choice for anyone who’s ever wanted to wield a lightsaber.
Surprisingly, no previous book has ever explored how family life shaped the political careers of America’s great Founding Fathers—men like George Mason, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. In this original and intimate portrait, historian Lorri Glover brings to life the vexing, joyful, arduous, and sometimes tragic experiences of the architects of the American Republic who, while building a nation, were also raising families.
