Reading Shakespeare's dramatic language : a guide / edited by Sylvia Adamson [and others].
| Other author | Adamson, Sylvia. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : AS : Thomson Learning, 2001. |
| Description | xii, 321 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Arden Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare (Critical studies) |
| Contents | pt. 1. The language of Shakespeare's plays. Heightened language / Ann Thompson ; Style, rhetoric and decorum / Lynne Magnusson ; The grand style / Sylvia Adamson ; Shakespeare's metre scanned / George T. Wright ; Puns and parody / Walter Nash ; Description / William C. Carroll ; Narrative / David Scott Kastan ; Persuasion / Lynette Hunter ; Dialogue / Lynne Magnusson ; Characters in order of appearance / Pamela Mason ; Shakespeare's language in the theatre / Peter Lichtenfels. |
| Contents | pt. 2. Reading Shakespeare's English. Language and the body / Keir Elam ; Varieties and variation / Katie Wales ; Understanding Shakespeare's grammar : studies in small words / Sylvia Adamson ; Shakespeare's new words / Terttu Nevalainen ; Shakespeare's sounds / Roger Lass ; An A-Z of rhetorical terms / Katie Wales. |
| Local note | Little-473593--305131069417/ |
| General note | "The Arden Shakespeare"--Cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-315) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Reading Shakespeare's dramatic language. London : AS : Thomson Learning, 2001 |
| ISBN | 190343629X (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781903436295 (pbk.) |