Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion
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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.
Details
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN-13
- 9780140291179
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Published
- December 31, 2002
- Pages
- 676
- Weight
- 43 oz
- Subject
- Literary Criticism
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