Better a witty fool than a foolish wit
The art of Shakespeare's Chiasmus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370094 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William L Davis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 311-330 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1046293042000190595 |
| OpenAlex | W2049781594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This essay examines Shakespeare's use of chiasmus, a rhetorical device that is most commonly associated with verbal duels and games of wit. A closer examination reveals that Shakespeare's use of chiasmus is more prevalent and more complex than previous scholarship has shown, and that it often plays a key role in the interpretation of speeches, characters, and scenes. The essay also introduces Shakespeare's large-scale, complex chiasmus, which, until now, modern scholarship has not addressed. Attention to Shakespeare's chiasmus offers new choices to performers and scholars alike for the interpretation, understanding and appreciation of his works
Art · Interpretation (philosophy · Key (lock · Linguistics · Literature · Rhetorical question · Scholarship · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2019 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |