Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of His Informal Language

by N.F. Blake

Book Overview

Most scholarly attention on Shakespeare's vocabulary has been directed towards his enrichment of the language through borrowing words from other languages. But the bulk of Shakespeare's output consists of plays and to make these appear lifelike he needed to employ a colloquial and informal style. Apart from his bawdy language, this aspect of his work has to date been largely ignored. Here for the first time is a dictionary that includes all manner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826473229
• ISBN13: 9780826473226
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.5"