Shakespeare's Words : A Glossary and Language Companion - Ben Crystal

Shakespeare's Words

A Glossary and Language Companion

By: Ben Crystal

Paperback | 31 December 2002 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


$47.35

or 4 interest-free payments of $11.84 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 10 to 15 business days

Shakespeare's Words is for people who love Shakespeare, or who love language, or both. David Crystal, one of the world's leading experts on the English language, and his actor son, Ben, have created an immensely practical and enlightening guide to understanding Shakespeare's language for readers, audiences, students, directors and actors.

They have collected over 14,000 words that can cause difficulty or be ambiguous to the modern reader. Each word is glossed and illustrated by at least on quotation. There are succinct pricis of the plays, lists of dramatis personae and a unique diagrammatic circle for each play demonstrating the interaction of characters and their allegiances. With special panels on intriguing areas such as archaisms, greetings, farewells and swear words, as well as dialects, Greek mythology, weapons and money, Shakespeare's Words will greatly enrich every reader's understanding and appreciating of the plays, and will encourage a new generation to treasure them.

More in English & Literature Higher Education Textbooks

Writing Fiction : 10th Edition - A Guide to Narrative Craft - Janet Burroway
The Outsiders : Penguin Modern Classics - S.E. Hinton

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Breath - Tim Winton

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Appointment with Death : Poirot - Agatha Christie

RRP $19.99

$14.75

26%
OFF
Monkey Grip - Helen Garner

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Wuthering Heights : Penguin Classics - Emily Bronte
Understanding Comics : The Invisible Art - Scott McCloud

RRP $39.99

$26.50

34%
OFF
The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

Paperback

$17.99

Dracula : Penguin Classics - Bram Stoker

RRP $17.99

$17.35

Girl, Interrupted : Virago Modern Classics - Susanna Kaysen

RRP $26.99

$17.75

34%
OFF
Frankenstein : Penguin Classics - Mary Shelley
Orientalism : Western Conceptions of the Orient - Edward W. Said

RRP $24.99

$18.95

24%
OFF
Nine Days - Toni Jordan

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Pride and Prejudice : Penguin Classics - Jane Austen
To Kill A Mockingbird : 60th Anniversary Edition - Harper Lee
The Secret River : Historical Trilogy - Kate Grenville

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Annihilation : The Southern Reach Trilogy - Jeff VanderMeer
Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion

RRP $24.99

$23.75

My Brother Jack : A &R Australian Classics - George Johnston