Sylvia Adamson is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield and Chair of Renaissance Studies in the School of English. Gavin Alexander is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. Katrin Ettenhuber is Fellow and Lecturer in English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and a Newton Trust Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge.

'… this is an outstanding contribution to the subject - the most rewarding book about rhetoric I have ever read and a very fine tribute to the late Jeremy Maule, in whose memory it was conceived.' Neil Rhodes, Review of English Studies

• Introduction: the figures in Renaissance theory and practice Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander and Katrin Ettenhuber; 1. Synonymia: or, in other words Sylvia Adamson; 2. Compar or Parison: measure for measure Russ McDonald; 3. Periodos: squaring the circle Janel Mueller; 4. Puns: serious wordplay Sophie Read; 5. Prosopopoeia: the speaking figure Gavin Alexander; 6. Ekphrasis: painting in words Claire Preston; 7. Hysteron proteron, or the preposterous Patricia Parker; 8. Paradiastole: redescribing the vices as virtues Quentin Skinner; 9. Syncrisis: the figure of contestation Ian Donaldson; 10. Testimony: the artless proof R. W. Serjeantson; 11. Hyperbole: exceeding similitude Katrin Ettenhuber; 12. Metalepsis: the boundaries of metaphor Brian Cummings; 13. The vices of style William Poole.

Sylvia Adamson is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield and Chair of Renaissance Studies in the School of English. Gavin Alexander is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. Katrin Ettenhuber is Fellow and Lecturer in English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and a Newton Trust Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge.

'… this is an outstanding contribution to the subject - the most rewarding book about rhetoric I have ever read and a very fine tribute to the late Jeremy Maule, in whose memory it was conceived.' Neil Rhodes, Review of English Studies

• Introduction: the figures in Renaissance theory and practice Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander and Katrin Ettenhuber; 1. Synonymia: or, in other words Sylvia Adamson; 2. Compar or Parison: measure for measure Russ McDonald; 3. Periodos: squaring the circle Janel Mueller; 4. Puns: serious wordplay Sophie Read; 5. Prosopopoeia: the speaking figure Gavin Alexander; 6. Ekphrasis: painting in words Claire Preston; 7. Hysteron proteron, or the preposterous Patricia Parker; 8. Paradiastole: redescribing the vices as virtues Quentin Skinner; 9. Syncrisis: the figure of contestation Ian Donaldson; 10. Testimony: the artless proof R. W. Serjeantson; 11. Hyperbole: exceeding similitude Katrin Ettenhuber; 12. Metalepsis: the boundaries of metaphor Brian Cummings; 13. The vices of style William Poole.

Sylvia Adamson is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield and Chair of Renaissance Studies in the School of English. Gavin Alexander is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. Katrin Ettenhuber is Fellow and Lecturer in English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and a Newton Trust Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge.

'… this is an outstanding contribution to the subject - the most rewarding book about rhetoric I have ever read and a very fine tribute to the late Jeremy Maule, in whose memory it was conceived.' Neil Rhodes, Review of English Studies

• Introduction: the figures in Renaissance theory and practice Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander and Katrin Ettenhuber; 1. Synonymia: or, in other words Sylvia Adamson; 2. Compar or Parison: measure for measure Russ McDonald; 3. Periodos: squaring the circle Janel Mueller; 4. Puns: serious wordplay Sophie Read; 5. Prosopopoeia: the speaking figure Gavin Alexander; 6. Ekphrasis: painting in words Claire Preston; 7. Hysteron proteron, or the preposterous Patricia Parker; 8. Paradiastole: redescribing the vices as virtues Quentin Skinner; 9. Syncrisis: the figure of contestation Ian Donaldson; 10. Testimony: the artless proof R. W. Serjeantson; 11. Hyperbole: exceeding similitude Katrin Ettenhuber; 12. Metalepsis: the boundaries of metaphor Brian Cummings; 13. The vices of style William Poole.