Shakespeare's Words

Shakespeare's Words
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 1347
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ISBN-10 : 9780141941523
ISBN-13 : 0141941529
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Words by : Ben Crystal

Download or read book Shakespeare's Words written by Ben Crystal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 1347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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