Shakespeare's Words

Shakespeare's Words

Author: Ben Crystal

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages: 1347

ISBN-13: 0141941529

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A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.