Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Dustagheer Klappentext Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary is a topographical reference book of all the London locations, allusions and colloquial terms mentioned in Shakespeare's complete works. For many years critics have argued that Shakespeare did not engage with the city in which he lived, however London's topography and life is present in all his work, in its language, its locations and its characters. This dictionary offers a concise and fascinating insight into the city's impact on the Shakespearean imagination and provides readers with a wide-ranging guide to early modern London, its contemporary meanings and the ways in which Shakespeare employs these throughout the canon. Zusammenfassung Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary is a topographical reference book of all the London locations! allusions and colloquial terms mentioned in Shakespeare's complete works. For many years critics have argued that Shakespeare did not engage with the city in which he lived! however London's topography and life is present in all his work! in its language! its locations and its characters. This dictionary offers a concise and fascinating insight into the city's impact on the Shakespearean imagination and provides readers with a wide-ranging guide to early modern London! its contemporary meanings and the ways in which Shakespeare employs these throughout the canon. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgements Series Editor's Preface List of Abbreviations List of Headwords Introduction A-Z Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Dustagheer, Sarah (University of Kent Dustagheer, Dustagheer Sarah
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2021
• EAN: 9781350006829
• ISBN: 978-1-350-00682-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 232 mm x 16 mm
• Series: The Arden Shakespeare; Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; History, English, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean