The Literary Language of Shakespeare

The Literary Language of Shakespeare

by ProfStanHussey (Editor)

Synopsis

Professor Hussey looks at the vocabulary, syntax and register of Renaissance English, following this with a more detailed analysis of particular kinds of language in the plays such as prose, verse, rhetoric and the soliloquy. For this new edition, the text has been revised throughout with, in particular, a completely new chapter providing detailed readings of selected plays, illustrating the ways particular aspects of language can be studied in practice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 254
Edition: 2
Publisher: Longman
Published: 17 Aug 1992

ISBN 10: 0582087708
ISBN 13: 9780582087705

Media Reviews
Reviews of the first edition:

...a good book, informed, sensitive, stimulating and perceptive.

The Review of English Studies

...a lucid introduction.

Critical Quarterly

...should be made available to the widest possible public.

The English Association