Courtesans and Cuckolds: A Glossary of Renaissance Dramatic Bawdy (Routledge Library Editions: Renaissance Drama) - Hardcover

Henke, James T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415787424 ISBN 13: 9780415787420

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This title, first published in 1979, is a glossary of the bawdy vocabulary that was used in Renaissance Drama. One of the primary functions of this gloss of literary bawdy is to interpret imaginative uses of the language rather than simply record the generally accepted uses and meanings, with its principal task to make the dialogue of the plays more intelligible to the reader. With examples of bawdy language used in the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and John Webster amongst many others, this title will be of great interest to students of literature and performance studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415787424
• ISBN 13: 9780415787420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 370