Shakespeare's Words

A Glossary and Language Companion

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-04-01
Mått172 x 228 x 42 mm
Vikt1 240 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor676
FörlagPenguin Books Ltd
ISBN9780140291179

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David Crystal is one of the most authoritative commentators on the English language, and amongst many other things a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. He lives in Anglesey, Wales. Ben Crystal, David's son, is an actor and lives in London (NW1). Stanley Wells, who has written the preface, is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare and Associate Editor of the New Penguin Shakespeare series.