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Reading Shakespeare's dramatic language : a guide / edited by Sylvia Adamson ... [et al.]

Contributor(s): Adamson, Sylvia.
Series: Shakespeare, William, Works: Publisher: London : Arden Shakespeare, 2001Description: xii, 321 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 190343629X (pbk).Subject(s): English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- LanguageDDC classification: 822.33
Contents:
List of contributors. - List of abbreviations for works by Shakespeare. - Preface. - Pt. 1 : The language of Shakespeare's plays. - Introduction. - 1. Heightened language / Ann Thompson. - 2. Style, rhetoric and decorum / Lynne Magnusson. - 3. The grand style / Sylvia Adamson. - 4. Shakespeare's metre scanned / George T. Wright. - 5. Puns and parody / Walter Nash. - 6. Descripton / William C. Carroll. - 7. Narrative / David Scott Kastan. - 8. Persuasion / Lynette Hunter. - 9. Dialogue / Lynne Magnusson. - 10. Characters in order of appearance / Pamela Mason. - 11. Shakespeare's language in the theatre / Peter Lichtenfels. - 12. Language and the body / Keir Elam. - Pt. 2 : Reading Shakespeare's English. - Introduction. - 13. Varieties and variation / Katie Wales. - 14. Understanding Shakespeare's grammar: studies in small words / Sylvia Adamson. - 15. Shakespeare's new words / Terttu Nevalainen. - 16. Shakespeare's sounds / Roger Lass. - Pt. 3 : Resources for readers. - An A-Z of rhetorical terms / Katie Wales. - A guide to further reading. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of contributors. - List of abbreviations for works by Shakespeare. - Preface. - Pt. 1 : The language of Shakespeare's plays. - Introduction. - 1. Heightened language / Ann Thompson. - 2. Style, rhetoric and decorum / Lynne Magnusson. - 3. The grand style / Sylvia Adamson. - 4. Shakespeare's metre scanned / George T. Wright. - 5. Puns and parody / Walter Nash. - 6. Descripton / William C. Carroll. - 7. Narrative / David Scott Kastan. - 8. Persuasion / Lynette Hunter. - 9. Dialogue / Lynne Magnusson. - 10. Characters in order of appearance / Pamela Mason. - 11. Shakespeare's language in the theatre / Peter Lichtenfels. - 12. Language and the body / Keir Elam. - Pt. 2 : Reading Shakespeare's English. - Introduction. - 13. Varieties and variation / Katie Wales. - 14. Understanding Shakespeare's grammar: studies in small words / Sylvia Adamson. - 15. Shakespeare's new words / Terttu Nevalainen. - 16. Shakespeare's sounds / Roger Lass. - Pt. 3 : Resources for readers. - An A-Z of rhetorical terms / Katie Wales. - A guide to further reading. - Index.

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