Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion

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ISBN: 9780140291179

Products specifications

Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	Crystal, Ben
Pub Date	01/04/2004
Binding	Paperback
Pages	676

Publisher: Penguin Books

Availability: In stock

Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by modern audience. It features different panels that look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address.

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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.