Shakespeare's Words
A Glossary and Language Companion
$60.48
- Paperback
676 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2004
Summary
‘This is what everybody who loves Shakespeare has been looking for’ - Michael Wood.
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 diagrammatic represen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140291179 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140291172 |
| Author: | David Crystal, Ben Crystal |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 676 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2004 |
| Weight: | 1.24kg |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 172mm x 42mm |
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About The Author
David Crystal
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.
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