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Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion

Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion - Paperback

by David Crystal, Ben Crystal
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Crystal, Ben Crystal, Stanley Wells (Preface by)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2002-12-31Pages:676
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140291179ISBN-10:140291172UPC:9780140291179Book Category:Literary Criticism, DramaBook Subcategory:Reference, ShakespeareSize:11.38 x 7.24 x 1.59 inchesWeight:2.6918Product ID:SC9X7WQS12
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140291179ISBN-10:140291172UPC:9780140291179Book Category:Literary Criticism, DramaBook Subcategory:Reference, ShakespeareSize:11.38 x 7.24 x 1.59 inchesWeight:2.6918Product ID:SC9X7WQS12
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.
Publisher: Penguin Books

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David Crystal, Ben Crystal, Stanley Wells (Preface by)

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David Crystal, Ben Crystal

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