Courtesans and Cuckolds - A Glossary of Renaissance Dramatic Bawdy

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Preface; Note to the User of This Gloss; List of Abbreviations of Plays Glossed; List of Abbreviations of Works Cited in the Gloss; Introduction; Glossary; Cross-Index of Gloss Entries of Play; Bibliographies

Summary

This title, first published in 1979, is a glossary of the bawdy vocabulary that was used in Renaissance Drama. With examples of bawdy language used in the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and John Webster amongst many others, this title will be of great interest to students of literature and performance studies.

Product details

• Authors: James T. Henke, Henke James T.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9780415787420
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78742-0
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Renaissance Drama; Routledge Library Editions: Renaissance Drama
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Language: history & general works, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Language: history and general works, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Glossary;Bawdy;Drama;Plays;Renaissance