Shakespeare's Words

Shakespeare's Words PDF Author: Ben Crystal
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141941529
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1347

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Book Description
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.