Shakespeare's Bawdy

This classic work fully explains the whole range of sexual, scatological language and allusion in Shakespeare's works. Consisting of an alphabetical glossary with cross-references, this book helps the modern reader to make sense of the bawdy.

List of contents

Foreword, Preface, Essay, 1 Introductory, 2 Non-Sexual Bawdy, 3 Homosexual, 4 Sexual, 5 General, 6 Valedictory, Index to Essay, Glossary

About the author

Eric Partridge (1884-1979) was the author of some three dozen books, mainly on the aspects of the English language. Stanley Wells is an eminent Shakespearean scholar and the general editor of Oxford Shakespeare.

Summary

This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Partridge, Partridge Eric
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2001
• EAN: 9780415255530
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25553-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 720 g
• Series: Routledge Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Reference works, Literature: history & criticism, Language: history & general works, Language teaching and learning, Literature: history and criticism, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Language: history and general works, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays