Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language

The contribution of the present work is to present in organized detail essentially complete the general theory of composition current during the Renaissance (as contrasted with special theories for particular forms of composition) and the illustration of Shakespeare’s use of it. It is organized as follows: 


Part One: Introduction 


I. The General Theory of Composition and of Reading in Shakespeare’s England 

1. The Concept of Art in Renaissance England 

2. Training in the Arts in Renaissance England 

3. The English Works on Logic and Rhetoric 

4. The Tradition 

5. Invention and Disposition 


Part Two. Shakespeare’s Use of the Theory 


II. Shakespeare’s Use of the Schemes of Grammar, Vices of Language, and Figures of Repetition 

1. The Schemes of Grammar 

2. The Vices of Language 

3. The Figures of Repetition 


III. Logos: The Topics of Invention 

1. Inartificial Arguments or Testimony 

2. Definition 

3. Division: Genus and Species, Whole and Parts 

4. Subject and Adjuncts 

5. Contraries and Contradictories 

6. Similarity and Dissimilarity 

7. Comparison: Greater, Equal, Less 

8. Cause and Effect, Antecedent and Consequent 

9. Notation and Conjugates 


IV. Logos: Argumentation 

1. Syllogistic Reasoning 

2. Fallacious Reasoning 

3. Disputation 


V. Pathos and Ethos 

1. Pathos 

2. Ethos 


Part Three. The General Theory of Composition and Reading as Defined and Illustrated by Tudor Logicians and Rhetoricians 


VI. Schemes of Grammar, Vices of Language, and Figures of Repetition 

1. The Schemes of Grammar 

2. Vices of Language 


VII. Logos: The Topics of Invention 

1. Inartificial Arguments or Testimony 

2. Definition 

3. Division: Genus and Species, Whole and Parts 

4. Subject and Adjuncts 

5. Contraries and Contradictories 

6. Similarity and Dissimilarity 

7. Comparison: Greater, Equal, Less 

8. Cause and Effect, Antecedent and Consequent 

9. Notation and Conjugates 

10. Genesis or Composition 

11. Analysis or Reading 


VIII. Logos: Argumentation 

1. Syllogistic Reasoning 

2. Fallacious Reasoning 

3. Disputation 


IX. Pathos and Ethos 

1. Pathos 

2. Ethos