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The improbability of Othello : rhetorical anthropology and Shakespearean selfhood

Shakespeare's dramatis personae exist in a world of supposition, struggling to connect knowledge that cannot be had, judgments that must be made, and actions that need to be taken. For them, probability--what they and others might be persuaded to believe--governs human affairs, not certainty. Yet negotiating the space of probability is fraught with difficulty. Here, Joel B. Altman explores the problematics of probability and the psychology of persuasion in Renaissance rhetoric and Shakespeare's theater. Focusing on the Tragedy of Othello, Altman investigates Shakespeare's representation of the s.

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  • "Shakespeare's dramatis personae exist in a world of supposition, struggling to connect knowledge that cannot be had, judgments that must be made, and actions that need to be taken. For them, probability--what they and others might be persuaded to believe--governs human affairs, not certainty. Yet negotiating the space of probability is fraught with difficulty. Here, Joel B. Altman explores the problematics of probability and the psychology of persuasion in Renaissance rhetoric and Shakespeare's theater. Focusing on the Tragedy of Othello, Altman investigates Shakespeare's representation of the s."@en

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  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "The improbability of Othello rhetorical anthropology and Shakespearean selfhood"
  • "The improbability of Othello : rhetorical anthropology and shakespearean selfhood"
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  • "The improbability of Othello"
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