Shakespeare's Words - A Glossary and Language Companion

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext David Crystal, one of the world's foremost authorities on the English language has taken a fresh look at the vocabulary of Shakespeare's poems and plays and compiled a glossary of nearly 14,000 words and meanings that may be misunderstood by modern readers. Zusammenfassung Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by modern audience. It features different panels that look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Crystal, David Crystal, Stanley Wells
• Assisted by: Stanley Wells (Foreword)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780140291179
• ISBN: 978-0-14-029117-9
• No. of pages: 676
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 230 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, Literary reference works, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800