A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama: 35 (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences) - Softcover

Salmon, Vivian; Burness, Edwina

9789027221063: A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama: 35 (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9027221065 ISBN 13: 9789027221063

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1987

In recent years the language of Shakespearean drama has been described in a number of publications intended mainly for the undergraduate student or general reader, but the studies in academic journals to which they refer are not always easily accessible even though they are of great interest to the general reader and essential for the specialist. The purpose of this collection is therefore to bring together some of the most valuable of these studies which, in discussing various aspects of the language of the early 17th century as exemplified in Shakespearean drama, provide the reader with deeper insights into the meaning of Shakespearean text, often by reference to the social, literary and linguistic context of the time.

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